Holding On and Letting Go

Ty Herndon does a song called "A Man Holding On." It is about a man who loves a woman....who lets go....in the first verse...she lets go of her inhibitions. In the second verse....she lets go of the relationship with her husband. The third verse is about a daughter who is getting married. Daddy's girl is letting go. The last verse...is about a woman dying....and letting go for the final time. I wanted to share the lyrics with you today...

Two young lovers with their bodies on fire
Aching to swim that river of desire
Leaving innocence there on the bank by their clothes
A man holding on to a woman letting go

There's a man with a bottle on the other side of town
Swimming with the memory that he can't drown
Lord it ain't sunk in that she ain't coming home
Oh a man holding on to a woman letting go.

CHORUS:
His heart is telling him to hang on for dear life
Cause deep down he know she's letting go for good this time

There's a daddy walking his daughter down the aisle
Fighting back tears and forcing a smile
Over twenty-two years he watched her grow
A man holding on to a woman letting go

In Hill Valley home there's a feeble old man
And he's holding on to a fragile old hand
And the angels are coming to carry her home
Now he's a man holding on to a woman letting go


Two young lovers with their bodies on fire
Aching to swim that river of desire
Leaving innocence there on the bank by their clothes
A man holding on to a woman letting go

it has become kind of my theme song as I deal with my father and aunt dealing with lung cancer. I have discovered...that in my dad's case....it is a daughter holding on to her father letting go....and in my aunt's case...I am feeling like a daughter letting go while her mother's letting go. It makes me sad many days to realize...that time does draw to an end....it is just a matter of time. We are not guaranteed a specific amount of days in this lifetime....the thing is....you must live each day with gusto....cause it may be your last. Make your days and life count. Smell the roses and spend time with the people you love the most. You won't regret a moment of it. I promise.