Shari's Song

I saw Mama Mia on Broadway back in 2005. I had gone with some friends, and I was bebopping along to the songs. I mean, I knew ABBA, right? Well, I wasn't prepared for this song. I had never heard it before. And as the song came toward me from the stage, it wound its way around my heart and began to tug and pull and break it. Shari wasn't two yet and Rachel was listening to the audio-version only (in my tummy). I found myself trying to mask warm streaming tears, like they were so many rain drops. Every time I hear this song, I think of Shari. And every time it breaks a little piece of my heart.