One Step At A Time

A little while back, I had mentioned that a girl from South Dakota had heard a song that I wrote when I started chemotherapy. It was an instrumental piece with no lyrics or vocals.

Well, long story short, she wrote some lyrics which I'd posted awhile back, but they are also in the song info at this link, and she has just finished recording the song and I'd like to share it with you...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=706035&songID=7108988

You can hear more of Melissa Renee's songs at :

www.soundclick.com/melissarenee

Uplifting Week - 7th Cycle finished!

I had just written this entire post, but when I went to publish it, I hit a wrong key and lost everything. So this is my second writing and I'm trying to remember everything that I had written/typed previously...

This past week of chemo has been filled with some very nice surprises. First of all, I'm now finished my 7th cycle with 5 left to go and should finish up around January 1st, taking into consideration the upcoming holidays. I have a few small, itchy spots from the meds, but that is all. No nausea, cold sensitivity or any of the other side effects that I previously had. Without having that Oxaliplatin, it was "almost" a pleasant experience.

You've probably noticed the guitar and get-well card that I receive from Fender (FMIC). Today I got an email from a wonderful female singer/songwriter who has been working on lyrics for a song that I wrote and played the music to, called "One Step At A Time" when I began chemo.

Melissa Renee, a Country & Christian singer from South Dakota, had previously sent me a sketch of her voice and said that she felt compelled to write lyrics and sing this song. She has written the following lyrics :



One Step at a Time-

One step at a time-

Is all I can take today-

No amount of hurry-

Can ease the way---



Just one step at a time-

One step at a time-

Everybody telling me-

Do they really believe?---



But I do, I do-

I take one step, one step at a time---



Believe me, I’ve tried-

Running head long through life-

But then I didn’t understand-

Didn’t see the plan, takin’ it---



One step, just one step-

One step at a time-

Searching for mercy-

Seeking to find---



Trying so hard just to find-

Simple pleasures, distract my mind-

Breathing in, breathing out-

Gaining faith and losing doubt---



I do, I do-

I take one step, one step at a time---



One, one, one, one, one step-

You and I-

I’ll carry you in my heart-

Even if we have to part---



One step, one step at a time-

One step is all I can take-

One step, then another-

One foot in front of the other-

One step at a time---



One step at a time-

One step at a time-

Breathing in, breathing out-

Gaining faith and losing doubt---



You can hear some of Melissa's other music at this link :

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=706035