In This Life 1998 (Right Click To Stop Midi)

I’ll choose to remember the good days we’ve had,
And not just focus on the days that were bad.
I’ll choose to remember her warm gentle smile,
Which I have not seen for quite a long while.
I’ll choose to remember her strong tender arms,
That I knew would always keep me from harm.
That’s not to say my childhood was free,
From the trials of life that shape what we’ll be.
Life isn’t perfect, and it’s not always fair.
But I know I was loved and I saw that they cared.
No, I’m not ignoring the bad that I see.
And sometimes I wonder if her fate awaits me.
But that’s out of my hands, there’s no use to stew.
There’re far more important things that I need to do.
Mom needs my care, the best I can give.
I’ll commit unto God, the life that I live.
I’ll choose to remember the good days we’ve had,
And not just focus on the days that were bad.

© 1999, Jerry Ham

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