

This is what real love looks like. Cancer can not take it away!
You Changed My Life Forever
FROM THE FIRST TIME I LOOKED
INTO YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES
I KNEW MY LIFE HAD JUST CHANGED FOREVER
YOUR FIRST SMILE OPENED MY HEART
YOUR FIRST HELLO LEFT ME SPEECHLESS
YOUR LOVING HEART, YOUR STRONG FAITH
LEFT ME WISHING WE WERE MAN AND WIFE
I NEVER MET LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE, COULD THIS BE REAL A WOMAN WHO LOVES ME MORE THAN HERSELF
AS THE YEARS PASSED BY
I KNEW THE LIFE OF LOVE I HAD
WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME KIND
THANK YOU GOD, FOR SENDING YOU TO ME
YOU TAUGHT ME TO PRAY EVERY DAY
YOU TAUGHT ME THAT REAL LOVE COMES FROM ABOVE
YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU AND GOD
ARE IN MY LIFE TO STAY
LOVNG YOU IS EASY, YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND
BECOMING THE GREATEST LOVE I HAVE KNOWN
OUR LOVE BECOMES STRONGER EVERY DAY
I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE DAWN OF EACH NEW DAY
YOU TAUGHT ME TO PRAY EVERY DAY
YOU TAUGHT ME THAT REAL LOVE COMES FROM ABOVE
YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU AND GOD
ARE IN MY LIFE TO STAY
YOU MADE ME THE HAPPIEST MAN ALIVE
I PRAY TO GOD TO BE MORE LIKE YOU, KNOWING, THAT COULD NEVER BE
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
I WOULD NOT BE THE MAN I AM TODAY WITHOUT YOU
YOU CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER

BASIC INFO
origin//
Mississippi, USA
genres//
Country, Contemporary Christian, Gospel, Easy Listening
Songs Released//
2020
Book Release//
April 5, 2020
website//
publisher//
Golden House Publishing

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Tommy Rice was certain he found his soulmate in Deborah Johnson, and they spent nearly twenty years together in a Christ-centered marriage that included their beloved canine, Sophia. Their world was turned upside down, however, when Deborah was diagnosed with an especially aggressive form of brain cancer.
Refusing to give up, Deborah fought valiantly for the better part of three years as her terminal illness ultimately robbed her of her mobility and capacity to speak. What she never lost, however, was her capacity to live life to the fullest and love her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as well as her husband and best friend, Tommy Rice.
Tommy was asked by his ENT friend to write a book about his life with Deborah and her fight to stay alive. His book is titled, Miss Her More Today Than Yesterday.
About The Author
A successful entrepreneur for many years, Tommy Rice has flourished in the car business with Tommy Rice Motors in Byram, Mississippi, and also as a real estate broker in Byram (Tommy L. Rice, Real Estate LLC). An accomplished songwriter, he has ties to the music scene in Nashville that go back several decades. An Alabama native, he's a lifelong Crimson Tide Fan. Miss Her More Today Than Yesterday is his first book.
CONTACT ME
Tommy Rice Music
Tommy Rice / tommyrice601@yahoo.com / 601-750-5511



A young girl’s poem in the wake of her dad’s suicide touched a chord deep in Tommy Rice’s heart. Now, this award-winning songwriter prays the song he spun from her words will reach other fathers.
His ultimate hope is to prevent suicide in men struggling with depression, addiction and other demons, direct them toward the support they need to heal, and lead them back to their families’ loving embrace. He wants to remind them of the worth of their lives, the love of their children and the key place they hold in those young lives.
Suicide is among the leading causes of death in the United States and ranks even higher for men who are more likely to use deadlier means.
Addi Giles was only 10 when her father’s overdose robbed her of a future with him. Her poem “Daddy Come Home” concludes with, “My heart is a puzzle that has yet to be done/With one missing piece/My dad is gone.” Stirred by the ache and longing in Addi’s words, her mom shared it with Rice, cousin of Addi’s grandfather and a songwriter still new on the Christian country music scene. With Addi’s permission, Rice built on her words for the recording “This Song Is for You, Daddy.”
“We feel like this song would really touch people’s hearts because suicide is so common now,
especially in America,” Rice said. “Playing that song would hopefully help a father who is thinking
about suicide, and change his mind. I wrote it that way, for people to realize what they’re missing
out on, and what they’re doing to their family.
“A lot of kids are facing this now. Their fathers leave and go into a depression and keep to themselves,
They don’t understand why they can’t see them anymore. It’s devastating to the family.”
Rice understands the situation better than most. Following the death of his beloved wife Deborah of
cancer in early 2019, he became almost a recluse. “I was beyond lost, depressed, in a dark tunnel with
no light in sight,” he said. “I know how these people feel.”
Suicide didn’t enter his thoughts, but he felt a strong pull to be with loved ones he’d lost. His counselor in a grief recovery class urged him to channel the feelings into a story. Rice’s story moved his class to tears. A fellow class member suggested he make a song of it. So, he did.
Rice found a studio to handle details of the music, help find a singer and record “Miss Her More Today Than Yesterday.” The experience launched a new path for the Raymond, Mississippi, real estate broker and auto dealership owner. Rice lined up an entertainment attorney, Loggins Promotion and Mansell Media, and plunged into the newfound passion. “I prayed about it and God seemed put these people in my life, and it started happening,” he said. “Songs started coming all the time.” His current song count tops 200, with 84 recorded.
With less than two years in the business, Rice won the New Music Award for Country New Group of the Year 2022 with a song featuring Patricia Barrett (also the singer for “This Song Is for You, Daddy”). His new single “My Momma Loved Me” went to No. 1 on Independent Music Network’s Country Top 30 Countdown this May.
“What saved me was the music,” Rice said, recalling his own dark tunnel of grief. Now, he hopes this song can help save others, and prevent the heartache suicide leaves behind.
For the song and video “This Song Is for You, Daddy” on YouTube, click here or visit https://bit.ly/3lYq9zF
For suicide prevention resources, click here or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
Article written by Sherry Lucas
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