Rick-An Ordinary Fool
Well-Known Member
As the anniversary of Karen's death approaches once again, I thought it would be nice to share how we feel, our memories from all these years and what Karen's voice and the Carpenters music has meant to you. It's hard to believe it's been 32 years and I just realized this anniversary falls on the same number of years (32) that she actually lived. Her voice will never be replaced or forgotten.
If I ever visit California again, I'd like to visit her resting place....I saw this video someone made of her resting place in Westlake Village, CA. The small bridge and water cascading remind me of their gardens at the Newville Home.
Sometimes when I play my favorite Carpenters track and hear Karen it's like she never left, her voice is so intimate I can close my eyes with headphones and she is still here giving me goosebumps with her buttery smooth vocals and warmth that provides at times a security that I have needed all these years. Then just as the song says...At the end of the song....there's no one...after the last note is played...only the memory stays then even that fades away.....sometimes I can get so into her vocals that I don't want the song to end....yet for me the memory will never fade of why I fell in love with her voice and their music....she will always have a voice that touches my heart.
If I ever visit California again, I'd like to visit her resting place....I saw this video someone made of her resting place in Westlake Village, CA. The small bridge and water cascading remind me of their gardens at the Newville Home.
Sometimes when I play my favorite Carpenters track and hear Karen it's like she never left, her voice is so intimate I can close my eyes with headphones and she is still here giving me goosebumps with her buttery smooth vocals and warmth that provides at times a security that I have needed all these years. Then just as the song says...At the end of the song....there's no one...after the last note is played...only the memory stays then even that fades away.....sometimes I can get so into her vocals that I don't want the song to end....yet for me the memory will never fade of why I fell in love with her voice and their music....she will always have a voice that touches my heart.