Passages

While driving out one day, we chanced upon this song playing on the radio. It was a catchy tune by Tim McGraw.

Well, mind you, except for the occasional American Idol country singers (hehehe) I am not a fan of country music.

But the song got to me then. And it is still getting to me now…

I was in my early forties with a lot of life before me

when a moment came that stopped me on a dime

and I spent most of the next days looking at the x-rays

talking ’bout the options

and talking bout sweet time.

I asked him when it sank in

that this might really be the real end

how’s it hit you, when you get that kinda news

man what’d you do?

and he said…

I went sky diving

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu.

and I loved deeper

and I spoke sweeter

and I gave forgiveness I’d been denying

and he said someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.

I was finally the husband that most the time I wasn’t

and I became a friend a friend would like to have

and all the sudden going fishin wasn’t such an imposition

and I went three times that year I lost my dad

well I finally read the good book

and I took a good long hard look at what I’d do if I could do it all again

Like tomorrow was a gift

and you got eternity to think about what’d you do with it

what did you do with it ? what did I do with it? what would I do with it?

Sky diving

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu

and then I loved deeper

and I spoke sweeter

and I watched an eagle as it was flying

and he said someday I hope you get the chance

to live like you were dying