Hi everyone.  Hope you are all well and continue to stay that way during this global health crisis we are facing.  But in addition to protecting your physical wellness, what are you doing to stay mentally healthy today?

(Image found online.  Original source unknown.)

I know we are still facing a serious situation but a new year gives us hope for the new days, seasons, opportunities & moments ahead. Still, music is something that will never change for me. It is my refuge, the most comforting part of my life & the one thing I consistently count on. So until a more normal semblance of life returns, I am going to share a song I listen to that helps me escape the current state of things, if only for a few minutes each day. And if this helps anyone else, even better.

I have written before that when my favorite songs collide with my favorite TV shows, the world is a perfect place. I was hooked on “Lost” from the minute I saw Matthew Fox in the cast but when I heard today’s song in the third episode I knew the show would be one of my all time favorites. The track was by Virginia Patterson Hensley who the world would come to know as Patsy Cline.

She was born 89 years ago on September 8, 1932 in Winchester, VA. Her voice has long been revered as one of the best in country music history and I especially love that it was just like she was: big, bold, powerful & full of every emotion she was feeling. She grabbed your attention from the minute the music started and did not relinquish that hold until long after the song was over. Her voice just stayed with you for days and days and days. Still does.

Today’s song was her last single, released in January 1963, two months before she died in a plane crash. Like yesterday’s artist, Buddy Holly, that is sometimes what people remember most about her. If that is the case, I have to conclude that those people have no idea what music is in the first place.

“Don’t leave me here in a world
Filled with dreams that might have been
Hurt me now get it over
I may learn to love again“.

Patsy Cline circa 1960. (Image found online.  Original source unknown.)

Patsy Cline: “Leavin’ On Your Mind” (1963, written by Webb Pierce and Wayne Walker).

I do not own the rights to anything.  I am just sharing what I love and how I am coping with you.

Stay well.