Journey - Why Can't This Night Go On Forever

My mother's father was the only grandfather I had ever known all my life.  You could imagine how close we were.  Everyday I seen him working around his house just across from our house.  I had lost my grandmother in 1976, til this day whenever I hear "Sarah Smile" by Hall & Oats I can remember my grandfather telling her "Sarah Smile" and the memory of her passing haunting in the music as it plays.

I was working at Northland Mall's Crown Hallmark in Columbus.  It was a Sunny Sunday day and it had been slow at work. I went home on 71 north then on 36/37.   I had just gone to bed when my sister in tears woke me up to tell me that grandpa died.   It was June 28th 1987.  On the radio Journey's "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever" was playing.  It was heart-wrenching to listen to it then as the words just fit the pain we were all going through.  Now its a bitter-sweet memory, I can smile thinking about my grandfather when I hear it.  I hope in a way that for anyone who is going through a period of grief that the words of this song bring back thoughts of the nice times spent together.  My prayers are with you always!