"This is to Have Succeeded" - Emerson.

A favored quote of hers - I'd posted to this blog way back in 2007.  Seems appropriate to repeat it now once more.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mamma Vienna's Music Collection

It's Working!  Mom's Rhapsody music account plays on my smart-phone!
How nice :).

It is a struggle though to keep from going down the "dark side".  A conscious effort to go towards the good memories this music brings, seeing mom as she in vacant but magical air conducts the invisible orchestra and singers of her own treasured musical memories - all with that Mona-Lisa smile on her face.

Stay there Dave. Time to move past the pain and cultivate the joy remembering her brings.