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Lecassamdra, you do have a beautiful voice. I’m like a truck driver, and you’re a sweet songbird. I understand that raw emotion of the song, because I’ve had to deal with a lot of loss of some very special people to me. The grieving and the love bolster the beauty and emotion of a song like this. I began playing during Covid, in order to save my life and to deal with the isolation of being a caregiver to my mother with Lewy Body dementia. It was the saddest thing I’ve ever witnessed and experienced. It was the loneliest I think I’ve ever been. I had to buy keyed locks for the inside of the doors. I wore the key around my neck , so my mother couldn’t get out and get lost, fall and get disoriented. It was for her safety. She sundowned, and I had to be up all night to make sure she didn’t get hurt, and then I was up all day working, and being a full time caregiver. I became so depressed and I picked up guitar as a means of survival, and because music brought me to my happy place.

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by  Loraine.