Just to See You Smile

 In a life of pain, Cyndi’s smile was a rare thing, like a beautiful tropical bird that flitted across her face.  Tim McGraw saw it the night he sang to her on the fourth row at his concert in Biloxi.  He walked over and pointed to her as he sang the chorus Just to See You Smile.  And there it was.  It was a smile he’d remembered from Fan Fair in Nashville and the Good Morning, America show filmed in Mobile at Bellingrath gardens.  A smile like that could bring tears to your eyes.

Whenever her family heard this song on the radio, they’d tell Cyndi, “They’re playing your song.”  And there it would come again, flying into their hearts and lodging there, Cyndi’s smile.

It came to them again when they played Tim McGraw’s song at her final viewing.

After Cyndi was gone, her father wanted to find a way to memorialize her, and he came up with the idea of getting a tattoo: a red heart with her autograph, purple angel wings and a halo above to symbolize that Cyndi was an angel who would always be in his heart.  What better memorial to Cyndi than something inside his own skin?  He didn’t act on the idea right away, and then he was almost killed in an explosion at the chemical plant where he works.  He thought of how angry he’d have been with himself if he’d been killed without getting Cyndi’s tattoo.  His family was against it, but they gave him their blessings when they heard his reasons.

As they were leaving the tattoo parlor, Tim McGraw came on the radio playing Just to See You Smile.  And there it was again, that rare bird that was Cyndi’s smile.

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