Listen to this when
Martha
Call your sister. Mom needs us. 📞
Who it's for
Rufus Wainwright addresses his sister Martha as their mother's illness worsens, urging her to call and come together.
Urgent and pleading→Connected and supported
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Martha" appears on Rufus Wainwright's 2010 piano-and-voice album All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu, released after his mother, folk singer Kate McGarrigle, died of cancer in January 2010. The song uses conversational lyrics inspired by his sister Martha Wainwright, and he has described it as being about the finite nature of time.
Where to find it
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Before you start
Heads up: A parent's terminal illness.
Age: All ages
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 184
