Monday, February 11, 2013

Live Like You Were Dying

    This week for the Writer’s Post Blog Hop, our host, Suzy of Someday, Somewhere wants to know if there is a song that speaks to me or has special meaning for me. 

 
      I love music.  Most of my life has had me rocking right along to one song or another.  Since I love so many songs, I had to really think about which song out of all of them really has touched my life and speaks to me the most.  After much thought, I decided on Tim McGraw’s “Live like You Were Dying”.



      This song was released shortly after my Dad died of a stroke at the age of 65.  It reminds me how short life is, how one day you can be perfectly fine and the next you are not.  One day you are here and the next you are dead.  If he had only known, he might have done more of the things that he wanted to do in his life before it ended.  My mom died at the age of 51 and I remember when she was diagnosed with cancer how distraught she was.  There was so much she wanted to do in life that she knew then she wouldn’t be around to do.


       It reminds me how precious life is and how a person should never put off till tomorrow what they could have done today.  After all, tomorrow may not come.


24 comments:

  1. Great post and your words are so, true.

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    1. Mary, I am so pleased you enjoyed my post. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  2. My kids won't listen to this song to this day because the opening lines are exactly what was happening with us and my cancer.. "In my early 40's with a lot of life before me.." And all that time looking at xrays.. Total disbelief.. I can't listen to it without crying thinking about looking into my children's eyes and for the first time in their lives seeing something much, much deeper than fear.. You are correct.. Life is indeed precious.. Great post..

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    1. Mimi, I am so pleased you enjoyed my post and that this song touched you too. I don't think anyone that hasn't experienced death or a close call like you did could not possibly understand how poignant the lyrics of this song truly are. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments! ♥

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  3. An excellent reminder. I always get perspective when I come here. Thank you, Kathy!

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    1. Katie, I am so pleased you enjoyed my post and were able to take some perspective from it. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  4. Yes great song! I'm watching my Dad who is only 62 slowly decline and it's killing me. He's in a wheelchair now and on oxygen and 2 years ago he was on his Harley and ziplined in Jamaica. Dont take any day's for granted!

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    1. Holli, that is rough. I watched both of my parents go downhill and optimistic me, I chose to ignore it. When my mom died I was devastated. When my dad died, I was again devastated but not broken beyond repair because I prepared myself for the inevitable instead of denying the obvious. I learned from both of them to live each day as if it was my last. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments! ♥

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  5. a good reminder for al of us! and I tell my kids....you never know..so always be good!

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    1. Annmarie, that is so true! Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments! ♥

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  6. Beautiful post...I lost my mom 6 years ago to brain tumor and to this day, I regret to have not spent more time with her because I was at work. My dad is now 76, with prostate cancer. I work still, of course, but I do try my best to spend time and talk with him.

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    1. Marie, I am so pleased you enjoyed my post and sorry for your loss. Enjoy your dad while you have him. You will never regret the time you spend with him. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments! ♥

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  7. I heard this song right around the time my father-in-law was diagnosed with cancer. Luckily he beat it, but it always made me cry. Great song.

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    1. Jennifer, it kind of reminds me of both of my parents. They both died fairly young. 51 and 65. I love this song. It has so much truth to it. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments! ♥

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  8. Life is so short--an excellent reminder of how we must live every day!

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    1. Audrey, I am so pleased you enjoyed my post and agree. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  9. Well I do like Tim McGraw--and I love the lyrics to this song and the message it sends. Great choice, Kathy!

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    1. Jenn, I love this song. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  10. I love that song too Kathy. It really sums up an important message about how to live life. I am so sad to hear how young both of your parents were when they passed away. I too have lost both parents and it's so tough. There deaths as well as my cancer diagnosis in '04' made me really listen to that song. Thanks for a great post my friend.

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    1. Linda, It was so hard to lose them both. I guess that is why this song is so poignant for me. Thankyou for stopping by to read and for your kind comments! ♥

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  11. A very heartfelt post Kathy and a great song. My dad's death also changed my perspective on life. Thanks for linking up to my prompt.

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    1. Suzy, it is amazing how the death of a loved one can do that. You tend to look at life completely differently once they are gone. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  12. This song is very touching. I was reminded today at church, in a healing service, of how our time here on earth is limited. My Dad, like yours, was here one day and gone the next at the young age of 69. Like a flower, he was plucked from the earth in an instant. And your Mom, 51...so young! Take care, Kathy!

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    1. Beachlover, They were both young, and because of that I think it makes me even more aware of my own mortality. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments! ♥

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