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RDP Thursday: reset

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Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘reset’.
Thanks, Toes! Here’s my take.

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I had an older brother I never met; he died at age 2 on New Year’s Eve, 1943. It was something from which my parents never recovered and our new year’s celebrations were subdued. We would sip ginger ale in champagne glasses while listening to Guy Lombardo’s orchestra playing “Auld Lang Syne”. Even as a child I wished my parents could push the reset button of their lives and be happy; as I grew older I realized it doesn’t quite work that way. “Auld Lange Syne” has always been close to my heart. Even after I had moved out of my parent’s house and happily celebrated New Year’s Eve with my new husband, I never forgot those quiet nights at home and the brother I never met.

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This is “For Auld Lang Syne” by The Choral Scholars of The University of Dublin

RDP Thursday : RESET

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37 thoughts on “RDP Thursday: reset”

      1. Yes, it is- when my mom passed away at the age of 26, my grandmother could never bear to talk about her. I feel that was my loss too as I never knew what sort of person she was.

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        1. That is so sad for both you and your grandmother. I don’t think I realized how young your mother was when she died. It’s incredibly difficult for a young girl to lose her mother and my heart goes out to you. Your mother would be very proud of you. ❤️

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  13. A loss, and a toast, … and the amazing feelings stirred by that marvellous rendition, Nancy, …2026, already, ..‘Tis hard to fathom, as is where does the time go?… Warmest of hugs, to you and yours, always, …💙🤗🎶

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