All week long my 7-year-old has been singing back to me the lyrics of “Only Hope.” This is a biographical song I wrote when my dad was trying to recover from cancer. During that time I witnessed my mother’s incredible devotion and my father’s amazing will to live.
In the second verse of “Only Hope,” I prayed that my dad could live long enough to see me married and know any kids I might have. Little did I know that both he and my mother would die before I even met my husband. Yet despite the fact that my parents never met him or their granddaughters on earth, there are countless times I’ve watched Spirit connect us all… like when my 7-year-old sings my songs about them… In these moments, it’s as if the fullness of hope is realized.
To hear “Only Hope” please use the attached link:
https://www.tammyannwinn.com/music/a/calling_deep
It is the 6th track on the “Calling Deep” album.
May you be inspired!
“Only Hope”
© Tammy Winn
He calls out her name every night
Mary Ann, Mary Ann
Faithfully she’s there to quiet the fright
For Jim, she loves him
Marriage has blessed them thirty-seven years
But the past five have been filled with oh so many tears
He made it through the surgery, chemo, radiation
Thank God
Will it get any better
The storms they weather
One can only hope, only hope
From a hospital bed his days begin
How sad, poor dad
And mom knows the drill, distributes every pill
Doctors give; her husband lives
Must be a miracle, he’s made it to see
Six grandkids later, can he wait for me
I want my dad to know the life I’m bound to have
Someday
Will it get any better
The storms they weather
One can only hope, only hope
There’s nothing more to say that hasn’t been said
It’s hard for me to wait and see
So much despair quickly fills my head
With all this grief it’s hard to believe
But the Covenants we’ve heard of, years have called true
And I will tightly cling to their promises with you
For I want to always stay in my daddy’s loving arms
Abba
Will it get any better
The storms they weather
One can only hope, only hope