Song Cue

I’m not sure what inspired the giving of this bracelet. It could be that the gift-giver remembered that the song that shares the same title as the words on the bracelet, was one that was popular in our household and we would hear it sung and later sing it ourselves as children into our teen years.

Maybe the gift-giver remembers that singing the song was the one and only memory – sweet or otherwise – I have of a visit at my grandmother’s house on the Bloomingdale Road, on the outskirts of our hometown of Saranac Lake, New York. Or maybe the gift-giver remembers hearing the story of how I, as a child of 3 or 4, was roused from my sleep in the wee hours of the morning to sing this song for famed N.Y. Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Johnny Padre visiting our home with our road-roving, but dear, Uncle Norm in our small family kitchen, dimly lit only by the glowing light of my mother’s oven.

Other reasons for the gift are possibilities, but WHATEVER the reason, it has now become one of my new favorite pieces of decorative adornment. I know the gift was meant as an expression of love, but I hope the simple words will inspire me to not only enjoy my past affiliations with the song, bringing people back to life if only in my memories, but also live up to the words etched on the surface of the bangle every time I wrap it around my wrist. It’s a tall order, but the gift-giver thinks I’m up to it. God knows, I hope I am.