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Get your handkerciefs out and listen to "Sweet Lorraine."
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Posted on 08/27/2013 11:23:26 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
A 96 year old widower's wishful thoughts after the loss of his wife after 75 years of marriage.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; Poetry
KEYWORDS: lorraine; music; widower
This might bring tears to your eyes. It did for me ... I lost my wonderful wife after 42 years of marriage.
To: OldNavyVet
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posted on
08/27/2013 11:41:13 AM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: OldNavyVet
When I read the headline I thought it was referring to the old Uriah Heep song which I didn’t remember as a tear jerker.
To: OldNavyVet
It DID bring tears to my eyes. What a sweet story and wonderful tribute to this couple.
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posted on
08/27/2013 11:58:58 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
To: OldNavyVet
To: Jane Long
i don’t think i can listen... my parents just celebrated 67 years of marriage... my daddy will be 90 next month... my mom just turned 87...
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:11:48 PM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: OldNavyVet
I had no idea it would get me as much as it did. God bless that young man for doing such a wonderful thing for that old man. Beautiful.
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:12:29 PM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(You can't force people to care. Sometimes I don't myself.)
To: latina4dubya
If you do, grab a a big handful of hanky.
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:13:46 PM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(You can't force people to care. Sometimes I don't myself.)
To: latina4dubya
Watch it!! It will make you appreciate EVERY relationship you value ;)
Many blessings to your parents for their long lives and marriage.
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posted on
08/27/2013 1:06:39 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
To: OldNavyVet
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posted on
08/27/2013 1:18:53 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: OldNavyVet
God Bless Fred and Lorraine!
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posted on
08/27/2013 2:29:03 PM PDT
by
Mat_Helm
To: God luvs America
One of our neighbors at the marina have a live aboard sailboat named Sweet Lorraine. Lol
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posted on
08/27/2013 4:15:47 PM PDT
by
sheana
To: circlecity; God luvs America
This version is anything but a tear-jerker:
Sweet Lorraine--The Campus Boys (1928)
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