While I was working as a registered music therapist with nursing home residents, someone requested the song I’m featuring today. Sung by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, it offered hope during the desperate times of World War Ii. Although times today aren’t nearly as bad, they’re still bleak, with the numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths being reported on the news every day. So, I hope this song also offers you hope.
As you listen, think of what will happen once social distancing restrictions are lifted, allowing public places to open again. Here in Sheridan, I’ll be able to go to my water exercise classes at the Y, eat lunch at the senior center, meet face to face with my writing groups, and practice with my choir. I’ll have easier access to toilet paper and other items. As I walk by the creek, I’ll hear the happy cries of children from the nearby park. Last, but not least, I won’t have to worry about getting sick. Then, I’ll dance my own victory polka.
By the way, for the next month, My Ideal Partner and The Red Dress are available on Smashwords as part of its sale to support those isolated as a result of the coronavirus situation. Please click here to visit my Smashwords author page and download these books. Thank you for reading today.
New! The Red Dress
Copyright July 2019 by DLD Books
When Eve went to her high school senior prom, she wore a red dress that her mother had made for her. That night, after dancing with the boy of her dreams, she caught him in the act with her best friend. Months later, Eve, a freshman in college, is bullied into giving the dress to her roommate. After her mother finds out, their relationship is never the same again.
Twenty-five years later, Eve, a bestselling author, is happily married with three children. Although her mother suffers from dementia, she still remembers, and Eve still harbors the guilt for giving the dress away. When she receives a Facebook friend request from her old college roommate and an invitation to her twenty-five-year high school class reunion, then meets her former best friend by chance, she must confront the past in order to face the future.
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