A Life That’s Good

Ask my kids what my favourite song is right now, and they wouldn’t have to think about it
It’s the one that I walk around singing every day
Needless to say, everyone that lives here is ready to punch me in the throat I’m the only one in this house that still likes it

The song is called A Life That’s Good
It’s written by Ashley Monroe and Sarah Siskind, two seriously freaky good songwriters
And while you’re all probably well aware I’m the opposite of religious, the lyrics in this song just get me, despite their ‘Lord’ and ‘heaven’ references

The chorus:
Two arms around me
Heaven to ground me
And a family that always calls me home
Four wheel to get there
Enough love to share
And a sweet, sweet, sweet song
At the end of the day
Lord I pray
I have a life that’s good

Because without getting all gooey and deep
That’s really all it’s about
A life that is good
Nice house, car, great job?
All those things can be good and add to your life
But you don’t need them
At the end, none of that will matter

My Nanna is a shining example of that  

By the time she moved into the nursing home

She had nothing more than some clothes and her favourite pieces of costume jewelry

But she was happy

After a life of raising four kids and looking after her husband
It was time for someone to look after her

And she loved it

She had a constant stream of visitors, nearly every day of the week for all the years she lived there

And when she took her last breath 2 days ago
She was surrounded by love, and those who cherished her

And from the other side of the world, my heart is aching

She wasn’t famous
She wasn’t rich

She would have been the first to tell you that she was nobody special

She was a Mum, a sister, a Nanna and a Great Nanna – my girls called her Granna

It’s all about how you lived and how you’re loved

In 95 years, she did it better than anyone

There’s a special kind of love us grandkids have for our Nanna’s and Pops.

I think Magoo put it best,
“… I loved my Granna and she loved me and special love like that goes on forever and ever”

♥ Jean Marie Pascoe ♥ A life that’s good ♥

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