The real reason I wrote this song was in reflection to my unexpected open heart surgery back in August 2022. It kind of caught me off-guard and if I did not get medical help, I probably wouldn’t be here today.
Many things go through your mind when you are sick. Considering this was a life and death thing, so many thing were running through my head and I did not have time to prepare for the reality of the situation.
My whole life flashed before my eyes from drinking too much, eating all the wrong foods, and my lack of prayer to God in my early life. I started getting more into the Bible and being able to actually read what it says in the 1980’s. I did this for probably the next 20 or so years before I fell off the God wagon and just let my life go to shambles. It wasn’t until sometime after the turn of the century (2000) before I woke up and started getting back into making myself right with God.
My life was lonely and the real love of my life was married with kids, so that was pretty much off the table. We dated back in 1989, got engaged, and then I broke it off. I don’t think I ever got over it but, I tried dating a little more and nothing ever panned out. I burned that bridge (or so I thought) and just carried on with my life and music. I learned a lot of hard lessons and traveled down life’s highway – and finally graduated from the school of hard knocks.
I turned back to God a lot more as time went on and never looked back. I eventually married the love of my life (when the opportunity arose) and picked back up pretty much right where we left off back in 1989. I couldn’t be happier and still to this day, I love her more and more as the days pass.
This song is kind of a reflection of my life and how I am now happier with the way things turned out.