a childhood memory...

this is the strangest day for me,in 46 years:i am thinking of my grandmother "Nana",and listening to 1960's music,including "Sittin' on the dock of the bay",by the late great Otis Redding... i was the last of the three kids of my family to see her in person,in the summer of 1969... i remember also listening to "Puff,the Magic Dragon",by Peter Paul,and Mary over and over;must have driven her crazy,but she never said a word... i learned the card game,Casino,that summer,but ironically have never played it since... noting the song,"Sittin' on the dock of the bay",i remember a road trip that Nana and i took up to Cambria to dig for stones(she collected stones for rock shining),and i remember like it was yesterday,and we passed the Cayucos pier,and the song blared on the radio,and now,every time,i hear that song,i go back being nine years of age,and i well up with tears,only wishing that i could go back to 1969,and see "Nana",her smile,and her touch...i remember the day(in early January,1970)that she died,and i bawled like a baby... i missed her then,and folks,i still miss her deeply...