Here’s to you, Frank!

Today, 14 May 2008, is quite special for me. I sit by the window with the record on, Frank Sinatra’s Moon River on repeat.

It has been ten years since he died and left this world a lesser place. Ten years later and I still can’t believe he’s not just somewhere resting, until he can get up to sing in front of us again. Frank has always been a special guy in my life. Believe it or not, his voice and melancholy has seen me through the toughest times. The way he sang through my joy and pain, always so very self-aware — it’s what made him well-loved. It’s what made me love him well. He never sang anything that wasn’t true.

So today, I just thought I’d make time for you, Frank. I just thought I’d spend all day today thinking about you and the impact you had on my life. You deserve at least that.

I’m still the little girl who still dreams of hugging you one day.