Dear DIS friends, I need some help.

[Disney Doll]

This song was playing at the time my mother died, and it just about sums it all up - by Lee Ann Womack "I hope you dance"

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)

(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

8 years later, it still gets me

Wow!!! This song was playing when my dear father-in-law died too...When I hear it, I think of him, and it's funny...I always seem to hear it when I need to.

Ember...after my DMIL died, DH & I went to Disney. She died in early December we went after the holiday season, in mid-January, so probably about 6 weeks. It was th ebest thing we could have done!!!!!

First, the weather was GORGEOUS. Perfect sunny days, warm breezy nights. I joked with my DH that I think DMIL put in an order up there because she knew we needed to de-stress and decompress after caring for her round-the-clock for the few months prior to her death.

Second, it brought home the point that life goes on, because it does. His mother had died, we lived through it, and our life would be going on, and she would have wanted it that way. She was a woman who loved life, so she certainly wouldn't have wanted us to curl up in a ball and die.

So go to Disney....Mickey will make you feel better