“I really really miss her. It just don’t seem right. It’s like a dream.”
When Green Shoe Studio in Illinois advertised for video entries for their singer-songwriter contest, they weren’t expecting an entry like the one they got from 96-year old Fred Stobaugh of Peoria. Fred wrote a song which paid tribute to the love of his life, his recently deceased wife Lorraine who he had been married to for 73 years. He sent the song, titled “Oh Sweet Lorraine,” in a big manila envelope to the studio and didn’t expect to hear back. Jacob Colgan of the studio was so touched by the letter that he called Fred up and told him that he was going to professionally record the song for him. “A Letter From Fred” is a short documentary that tells this touching story in more detail and shows Fred hearing the song he wrote after it was recorded by professionals.
Wow. I am in tears. That's probably one of the saddest yet most beautiful things I've ever heard. How very blessed Lorraine and Fred were -- I can't even wrap my head around spending a lifetime being loved like that...even in death. Lorraine was the luckiest woman in the world.
That's adorable, it must be hard to finding someone that special and even harder when they leave you. I do believe in the afterlife so I pray they'll meet in the future for a happy ever after.
