My mum listens to The Moody Blues ...

I bought my dad a CD by The Moody Blues - I thought the music would remind him of his younger summers - 

After lunch today, I put the CD on - my dad came in with his milky coffee - my mum was resting on the sofa - listening to the opening track, I remembered being seventeen, reading Steppenwolf in the sixth form common room, dancing at a party to I heard it on the grape vine - 

Now my mum was listening to Tuesday Afternoon - she smiled, moving her hands to the music - 

Earlier, she'd held my hands - my hands are like my mum's now she said - 

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December 27 2014

Staunton Road

Havant