Now to catch up!
Day 3, Sunday, November 24, 2013
Take Me Back
I heard this song for the first time the other day and instantly fell in love.
I kept wanting to sing " I will hold on," but those aren't the words...they are "I hold on." This change may seem like nothing to you, but once I realized the possible difference, I was blown away. He isn't make a statement about his actions, he is making a statement about his being, his core values, who he is: he is a guy that "hold[s] on."
When the song opens, Dierks Bentley is singing about a busted up truck everyone thinks he should sell, but then informs the listener of what no one knows, "...my dad and me/ We drove her out to Tennessee/ She's still here, now, he's gone/ So I hold on." I was immediately connected to his emotions tying him to that truck.
Though Jason and I celebrated a "mere" two year-anniversary shortly before his passing, we packed a lot of love and a lot of memories into that "short" time we had together. I have repeatedly been told since Jason's passing, that we lived and loved more in those 2 years then most people do in a lifetime. Please don't be offended; please don't think I am making our marriage out to be something it is not: those people...are RIGHT!
Jason and I packed a lot of life, love, and memories into our time together. There was rarely a moment we weren't adventuring in one way or another: waterfall hikes and campouts, new jobs, home projects, business ideas...the list goes on.
A few months ago I told those closest to me of a very personal struggle that was overtaking me: an identity crisis. I love the person I have become since Jason Edwards entered my life, and I have been deathly afraid that I will lose me, thus losing him, again...and then Dierks' song comes into earshot..."I hold on."
I have been blessed with a million surroundings that give me what that truck gives the boy in the song. It is hard to articulate to someone who hasn't lost a close loved one, a loved one who literally helped define you as an individual, but everyday I get to "hold on." Sometimes I hold on to trivial items around our home, and sometimes I hold on to the feeling of his arms around me; either way, "I hold on..." tight!
Today {or Sunday, rather ;)} I am thankful for the memories, and a man who worked so hard to capture the memories via camera, and I am thankful for a memory that continually recollects more and more about my precious Jason, and I am thankful for a God who gave us TWO WHOLE YEARS! I don't make a statement of the actions a plan to take in the future by stating, I will hold on, I make a statement of who I am when I say, " I hold on."
I love you both so much. Alas the well-thought out comment was lost when I had to reset my google account password in order to "publish" it. To summarize it though: Thanks for the music...I believe in the power of music to part the "veil" between us and heaven just a little bit. If I ever doubted it, that doubt was cast out when I could feel Jason praising God with Tammy at his services. I will never be the same after that powerful experience. I love you. :-D
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