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Belongs to: Therapist Cry's While Listening to Wings of Maria Pt 1 and 2 by Tool
@heartsupport When I was 16, we found out that my step-dad, who was really a powerful and important figure in my life, had terminal prostate cancer. Their initial diagnosis was that he would be lucky to make it another 6 months. He was a Marine from the late 70s/early 80s. They built them differently back then, and it showed in his mindset. About 2 months before he made it to 6 years, he finally passed from his cancer. I was 22. It was the hardest part of my life. It shaped me in a way that I don’t think that I’ve yet to completely understand. The night that he died, May 28, 2014, the first thing that I listened to was these two songs. I screamed and cried and poured my heart out at the top of my lungs while I mourned the man who raised me.
The last two years especially have been difficult, my wife and I had our first child, and last week we bought our first house. I have missed him so much; I’ve missed his smile and laugh, his wisdom, and his strength. My heart has broken many times whenever I think about the fact that my daughter will never know him and that he’ll never get to hold her. He didn’t get to be at my wedding or see me join the Navy and serve with the Marines that I grew up idolizing. And knowing that he isn’t in pain anymore is great, but I have missed him every day for the last 10 years. This song makes me weep and hurts my heart the same as it did the night that he passed away.
Thank you for this. I needed this more than I think I knew. Please take care of yourself, Taylor. You can’t pour into others if there is nothing in you left to give.