The United States entered World War II in 1941, this song became popular three years after, in 1944.  It conjures up so many thoughts about those who reunited after their loved one returned from the battlefronts.  They were the lucky ones, so many did not.  Sad and lovely in so many ways.

My late mother often performed this Jo Stafford favorite at a local USO facility in our hometown.  She had a lovely voice and even sang on a radio show broadcast from the Roger Smith Hotel in White Plains, New York.  I’ve often wondered how far her singing might have taken her had the war not taken her in a different direction.  A twisted path and difficult  marriage that produced a child caught in the constant warfare between two unhappy people.

In many ways, she was no different than others who find themselves wondering and wishing for something better.  Somehow, we all end up just where we are supposed to be, despite those unfulfilled dreams of long ago and far away.

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