Jamie's Song :: SONG
/In celebration of what was the end of our India trip 5 years ago, I’m sharing this song I wrote for one of my best friends.
(I realize I’ creating an unintentional theme of friend songs here … and I’m okay with that!)
I’ve played this song for myself many times the past year, often times thinking of both my cherished memories with her and others as well as the eventual “time I’ll have to say goodbye for the very last time.”
I can actually say that having written this song within a year of when my Father would suddenly leave his body, I did cherish the time we spent together before then even more because this song always reminded me of the fleeting nature of all life.
I remember the day I played it for him, so excited to share that I had written a guitar song. I had no idea the comfort it would continue to bring me once he was no longer here.
I’ve wanted to post many times before but stopped myself because I wanted to be “better” — to improve my singing, to change chords more effortlessly, to get more proficient in finger picking.
But today I said, “Nah, there’s no time for that.”
So I hope you enjoy it with all its imperfections.
And I hope you’ll come to my Zoom show this Saturday at 8pm ET.
I’ll share other songs and poems and thoughts about why imperfection is something worth embracing rather than fearing, how you too can start to do the things fear has held you back from.
(Get on my email list below to get your invite)
And please tell your friends you love them.
Life’s too short to wait until you know the perfect way to say it.
