< /div > There ' s a quote that seems to originate from a number of sources, which isn ' t surprising since it ' s not terribly original. But it is terribly true. < br / > < br / > < i > " You may be done with the past, but the past isn ' t done with you. " < /i > < br / > < br / > I returned to West Texas this week for that..."> < /div > There ' s a quote that seems to originate from a number of sources, which isn ' t surprising since it ' s not terribly original. But it is terribly true. < br / > < br / > < i > " You may be done with the past, but the past isn ' t done with you. " < /i > < br / > < br / > I returned to West Texas this week for that..." /> < /div > There ' s a quote that seems to originate from a number of sources, which isn ' t surprising since it ' s not terribly original. But it is terribly true. < br / > < br / > < i > " You may be done with the past, but the past isn ' t done with you. " < /i > < br / > < br / > I returned to West Texas this week for that..." />

" ...the song woke his heart into the darkness and sadness of joy... "

< div class= " separator " style= " clear: both; text-align: center; " > < /div > There ' s a quote that seems to originate from a number of sources, which isn ' t surprising since it ' s not terribly original. But it is terribly true. < br / > < br / > < i > " You may be done with the past, but the past isn ' t done with you. " < /i > < br / > < br / > I returned to West Texas this week for that most compelling of homecoming reasons, a funeral. My Aunt Kay died last week. She was married to my father ' s brother, but she was also my mother ' s childhood friend. The four of them were the closest of friends, and that closeness applied to all of the cousins as well. We functioned like an immediate family; all of my childhood memories include my cousin/best friend, as well as her cooler-than-cool dad and her impossibly kind and good-hearted mom. When Uncle Tommy died in 1979 and our families drifted apart, something cracked in my family. When my father died eleven years later, that something shattered altogether. I don ' t think we ever entirely recovered. < br / > < br / > < div class= " separator " style= " clear: both; text-align: center; " > < a href= " https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rUdf8dYH_y0/VtlCJRQmbnI/AAAAAAAADPU/j_lXLrKOeuM/s1600/IMG_4550.JPG " imageanchor= " 1 " style= " clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; " > < img border= " 0 " height= " 131 " src= " https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rUdf8dYH_y0/VtlCJRQmbnI/AAAAAAAADPU/j_lXLrKOeuM/s200/IMG_...
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