Back to 1983….
Through all the excitement and trials of the early ‘80’s – transitioning from college back to the farm, business challenges on the farm, facing down a cancer diagnosis, meeting Ellen, starting a new career, I had the fun of singing in a barbershop choir and learning a specific song that had a great positive impact on me:
Fun In Just One Lifetime, a song taught to our chorus by Joe Liles and Frank Marzocco, the songwriters. The melody, words and inspiration have never faded for me, even after 37+ years. When it came time for our wedding, Ellen agreed that we could have the best of my barbershopper buddies sing two songs at our wedding service, this one and The Lord’s Prayer. The banner with this theme hung above us, and the words have not lost their power for me to this day. We have just “one life to live, one life to give”. We dare not waste it, not a day of it.
Here are the lyrics to the song:
One life to live, one life to give…
I wanna have fun in just one lifetime,
I wanna have fun before it’s done.
I’ll find some friends that I can trust,
and on my way, I know I must
find love with just one person,
to share with me a family,
And let me write a song for the world to sing,
and I’ll have fun in just one lifetime!
Soak up your Moments of Grace. Enjoy them. Appreciate them.