New Release: 'What's My Legacy'
- Dec 19, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 23
New Release: 'What's My Legacy' is out now.
This song came from staring at the question that eventually comes for all of us: when I am gone, what will remain? I do not want to be just a name on a stone. I do not want to be a date range and a few polite words at a service. I want the people I loved to think of me and feel something real. I want them to laugh at the dumb things I said. I want them to cry because they miss me. I want them to feel how much I loved them with every fiber of my being. I want the love to outlast me.
I have spent too many days wondering if I am leaving anything worth remembering. Too many nights asking if the love I feel shows up in the way I live. I want my kids to know I would have given anything for them. I want the people I care about to know I showed up when it mattered. I want the world to know I tried to be kind, even when it was hard. I want the legacy to be love . . messy, imperfect, stubborn love that refuses to fade.
The Weight of What Remains
Legacy is heavy because it is not about what you achieve. It is about what you leave behind in people's hearts. It is the stories they tell when you are not there. It is the way they smile when they remember you. It is the way they cry when they miss you. It is the way they feel your love long after you are gone. The weight is in knowing that every day is a brick in that legacy. Every choice. Every word. Every time you show up or fall short. Every time you love harder than yesterday.
The "Still Here" Perspective
I have learned I can only control what I put into the world today. I cannot control what people will remember. I cannot control how they will feel. I definitely cannot control what the stone will say. But I can choose to love with everything I have. I can choose to show up fully. I can choose to make people laugh. I can choose to make them feel seen. I can choose to love so deeply that when I am gone, they still feel it. Because that is the legacy I want.
Not a name carved in rock.
A love carved in hearts.
If you have ever wondered what you will leave behind . . if you have ever wanted people to laugh and cry when they think of you . . if you have ever wanted to love someone so completely that they feel it forever . . this song is for you.
Give it a listen wherever you stream music.