We celebrated our 30th. wedding anniversary on the 5th. of September 2023. My wife Valery asked me to write a song to commemorate the occasion,which I happily accepted. My mission was to cram 30 years of marriage into 3 or 4 minutes. Verse 1 was easy, because it's about us meeting, falling in love and making a commitment to continue on. The hardest part was writing verse 2. It speaks about us raising our 2 children Jasmyn and Brandon in better times, trying to do the right things, by keeping them as far away as possible from the negative things of this world. It then speaks of the worse storm we had to experience, which was losing Brandon in a car accident at the age of 18 in the year 2018. Verse 3 is why we are still here today together, because of the healing power of faith and prayers. We will stay loving each other for a lifetime or a hundred years, which ever comes first, by God's grace. This song is very relatable to almost every couple, because we all go through good times and storms in our relationships and we can survive if we believe in love and have faith. I can see many artists in Country, Adult Contemporary, Pop and RnB singing "A Lifetime or a Hundred Years".
Thank you Kelly for a kind and encouraging review of my song “A Lifetime or a Hundred Years Together”. I’m very sorry for your loss and as you said, it’s a feeling extremely hard to write about and to deal with. I don’t wish this for any parent to go through. The display picture is me and my wife on our 30th. anniversary day. She is my pillar of strength, the one person who kept me going after we lost our son Brandon. She is the reason why I wrote this song.
October 14, 2023
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A Lifetime or a Hundred Years Together
Verse 1.
We could have been strangers passing each other on the street
But somewhere written in the stars it was meant for us to meet
Before we knew it, our spark ignited into a fire
We started out on what would be the journey of our lives
Chorus
A lifetime or a hundred years
Precious time that’s never lost if it’s ours to share
When the laughter and the love far surpass the tears
Thank God for a lifetime or a hundred years together
Verse 2.
We planted a garden, and we nurtured a family
Watched our flowers bloom and grow, and we plucked out all the weeds
Some days were just perfect when the sun shone bright from the early morn
No means of preparation could have spared us from the storms
Chorus
A lifetime or a hundred years
Precious time that’s never lost if it’s ours to share
When the laughter and the love far surpass the tears
Thank God for a lifetime or a hundred years together
Verse 3.
With each new challenge in every triumph and defeat
We put our trust in faith and prayers and the blessings we received
We built sound memories, along the tapestry of time
Every thread that binds us is one reason more to climb
Chorus
A lifetime or a hundred years
Precious time that’s never lost if it’s ours to share
When the laughter and the love far surpass the tears
Thank God for a lifetime or a hundred years
A lifetime or a hundred years
Precious time that’s never lost if it’s ours to share
When the laughter and the love far surpass the tears
Thank God for a lifetime, the grace of a lifetime
Thank God for a lifetime or a hundred years together
Emmanuel Carlos St.Omer © 2023 (BMI)
Email: carlossto@hotmail.com
Mobile: 1 758 7166505
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Very nice. I understand about the storms. I lost my own son in 2021. Very hard to write about. The song is well-written and the arrangement gets the intensity of feeling across.
October 13, 2023
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Thank you Kelly for a kind and encouraging review of my song “A Lifetime or a Hundred Years Together”. I’m very sorry for your loss and as you said, it’s a feeling extremely hard to write about and to deal with. I don’t wish this for any parent to go through. The display picture is me and my wife on our 30th. anniversary day. She is my pillar of strength, the one person who kept me going after we lost our son Brandon. She is the reason why I wrote this song.
October 14, 2023
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Kelly Gazzaway
Very nice. I understand about the storms. I lost my own son in 2021. Very hard to write about. The song is well-written and the arrangement gets the intensity of feeling across.
October 13, 2023
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