
Yes every life in the world must end. Father's Day is a brutal reminder to me each year of a life I loved that is gone. And as I continue to write my series of adventures with Todd Thorn, I am pulled into too many areas of lives that end early. The pit bill killed in a fight, the beagle who died in horrific conditions in a puppy mill, and now as I write my third book, the magnificent whales that are slaughtered in the name of research.
Each time I finish a chapter, each time I finish a book, I can feel a small part of me has suffered and died in the process. Each time I watch a video of a whale being harpooned, a part of me wants to turn it off, to pretend its not happening. But it is. And without people who care, without people who sacrifice, it will never end.
So I resign myself to accepting that I will continue to write in the hopes someone will hear. I will continue to hurt in the hopes of healing. And today on father's day, when my husband deserves a day of joy, he will be undoubtedly be drawn into the pain of a daughter who misses her father and writer who bleeds each time she watches a life end before its time.
Just Breath - Pearl Jam -
Yes I understand that every life must end, aw huh...
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, aw huh...
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands
The ones I love...
Some folks just have one
Others they got none, aw huh...
Chorus 1:
Stay with me
Let's just breathe
Verse 2:
Practiced are my sins
Never gonna let me win, aw huh...
Under everything, just another human being, aw huh...
Yea, I don't wanna hurt, there's so much in this world
To make me bleed
Chorus 2:
Stay with me
You're all I see
Bridge 1:
Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
As I come clean
Verse: 3
I wonder everyday
As I look upon your face, aw huh...
Everything you gave
And nothing you would take, aw huh...
Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Bridge 2:
Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
As I come clean
Outro:
Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Hold me 'till I die
Meet you on the other side