| guiduc said: Superb song. Love it in every way. You got great talent sir! I almost lost my dad a year ago, now I'm spending more quality time with him... |
Thanks for the compliments!!
Yeah, a near miss will shake up anyone. Towards the end of my Dad's life, he was getting repeated respiratory infections, which made him really sick and the first time he pulled through, I felt grateful, like I was being given extra time with him. My Dad had me late in his life, so he died at 84, but he had dementia in his old age (plus he had a stroke too), so towards the end, much of the time, he couldn't remember who I was, but his dementia would make him do annoying repetitive motions and mumbling which after a while would get a little irritating sometimes, but after he pulled through his first respiratory infection when we all thought he was going to die, those annoying dementia behaviors didn't bother me at all, because I felt every moment I had with him was bonus time. The one thing I learned from my Dad's illness and death is how precious life is, not mine or even my Dad's life, but all life. So nowadays, it really bothers me in those war-torn countries where killing is common and life is treated like it is cheap, it is not....it is the most precious thing.
