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Destiny

by Val Emmich

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about

Christmas Eve Eve, 2020. My wife rushed our older daughter Harper to the ER while I stayed home with our younger daughter Lennon. It was the midst of the pandemic, only one parent allowed in the hospital. Feeling powerless, I sat at the piano and wrote "Destiny."

Harper's diagnosis was type 1 diabetes. We had no idea what that meant or what it would mean going forward. We had no idea that eighteen months later Lennon would get the same diagnosis and we'd now have two children living with this condition.

You don't have to be a parent of a child with a health condition to relate to the emotion behind this song. All you have to do is know what it's like to love someone so much that you hope they'll be okay.

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lyrics

Lately have you noticed
She’s been acting kinda strange?
Now suddenly her pants are too big

One trip to the doctor
And then nothing is the same
We’re learning terms that didn’t exist

People try to make sense of it
But right now I don’t feel like listening

They say everything that happens is meant to align
But what if destiny is out of her mind?
They say every messed-up moment has reason & rhyme
But what if destiny is out of his mind?
I just need to know our baby will be all right

You drive straight to the hospital
And come back with our girl
Who seems like she has grown twice her age

All a parent wants
Is a minimum of fear
But they’ve given us more than we can take

People they don’t understand it
And right now feels like no one’s listening

They say everything that happens is meant to align
But what if destiny is out of her mind?
They say every messed-up moment has reason & rhyme
But what if destiny is out of his mind?
I just need to know our baby will be all right

They say, “Hey, don’t worry it’ll be okay”
They say, “Hey, don’t worry it’ll be okay”
I say, “How can I not be worried?”
“How can I not be worried?”
“How can I?”
“How can I?”
“How can I?”

They say everything that happens is meant to align
But what if destiny is out of her mind?
They say every messed-up moment has reason & rhyme
But what if destiny is out of his mind?
What if all of us are out of our minds?
I just need to know our baby will be all right

She'll be all right

Oh destiny, be good to me

credits

released October 17, 2022
Written, Performed, Recorded by Val Emmich
Drums & Percussion performed by Scott Garapolo
Mastered by Joe Lambert

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Val Emmich Jersey City, New Jersey

Singer-Songwriter / Novelist / Actor

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