Soldiering on

 

I like when I hear a word or phrase or song I haven’t heard since my childhood - like “dry up”, “like fish”, “so funny I forgot to laugh”, "Blueberry Hill", “take a picture it lasts longer”, “Stranded in the Jungle.”  I’m reading about post World War 1 NYC. One of the soldiers favorite marching songs was “we’re here because we’re here because we’re here because we’re here” sung to the tune of  “Auld Lang Syne.” I read this and flashed on my youngest sister Jessie singing it a lot. I wonder where she heard it. Probably in a cartoon. It was good to picture her young and singing and happy and alive.