{"id":1067,"date":"2020-08-06T08:29:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2020-08-06T08:29:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:29:55","slug":"todays-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/2020\/08\/06\/todays-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today’s the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
TODAY IS THE DAY that I jump in here feet first! First of all, I want to thank Cindye and Dawn for the technical help! And thanks for the supportive and encouraging words from everyone! Here goes……<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For my first entry, I decided to share the lyrics to a song I wrote in 2018. It has a gospel\/ragtime sound to it as a nod to my Granny, who first introduced me to music and the piano. Granny could read music but she could also play by ear and add her own ragtime-esque style to whatever she played. Over the last few years, I have found that I’m able to play the piano in her style. It feels like I’m “channeling” her when I sit down at the piano and play like she did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My band had debuted this song at our last show on March 13, 2020 just before we all began the pandemic quarantine. Now that we’ve been living in this strange new world for almost 5 months now, I keep thinking about the words of this song. This is not the life we expected, but it is still our life! Each day of our life, even during these confusing and trying times is still a gift. So much of our lives is so hard right now, but at the same time, there is so much joy to find in each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope to get a recording on here sometime in the future, but for now, I’ll just share the lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nTODAY'S THE DAY \n\nOh it's today - it's not tomorrow, it's not yesterday.\nOh it's today - today's a gift, don't let it slip away.\nOh it's today - no guarantees that tomorrow will come,\nYou've got to live your life today.\n\n1. Today's the day - to hold each other a little bit stronger\nToday's the day - to gaze at the sunset a little bit longer\nToday's the day - to look at this amazing world with wonder\nToday's the day - to treat your neighbor just a little bit fonder.\n\nOh it's today - it's not tomorrow, it's not yesterday.\nOh it's today - today's a gift, don't let it slip away.\nOh it's today - no guarantees that tomorrow will come,\nYou've got to live your life today.\n\n2. Today's the day - no time for us to stay sad or mad.\nToday's the day - life will always bring good and bad\nToday's the day - to find the joy in every little thing.\nToday's the day - don't wait too late to let your soul sing.\n\nOh it's today - it's not tomorrow, it's not yesterday.\nOh it's today - today's a gift, don't let it slip away.\nOh it's today - no guarantees that tomorrow will come,\nYou've got to live your life today.\n\nBridge<\/span> -You say you'll be glad when this year is over\nBut can't you see your life will be one year shorter?\nDon't go rushing through your life, my friend,\n'cos suddenly you'll find yourself at the very end.\n\nOh it's today - it's not tomorrow, it's not yesterday.\nOh it's today - today's a gift, don't let it slip away.\nOh it's today - no guarantees that tomorrow will come,\nYou've got to live your life today.\n\n(Lovin', livin' life today,\nDon't you let it slip away,\nIt's not tomorrow, it's today).<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
TODAY IS THE DAY that I jump in here feet first! First of all, I want to thank Cindye and Dawn for the technical help! …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1432,"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveyoustrong.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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