Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."  Psalm 30:5

Some of you may remember the song released in 1971 by Don McLean, “American Pie.” The folk rock tune is said to have memorialized the death of music legend Buddy Holly, who died in an unexpected plane crash, along with other musicians. But Don McLean himself tells a different story.

When McLean was 15 years old, he had a premonition that his father was going to die. A few days later, it happened. His father died right in front of him. McLean says, he cried for two years. He felt pain, loss, grief, and guilt. After that, he experienced additional losses and grief in his life. He describes himself as having a kind of deep, psychic pain. His songs are all songs of pain, of sadness, of loss, of grief.[1] American Pie …