#55: Singing Soldier Survives COVID With Music & God

COVID-19 almost killed him. My guest this week is an Army veteran and physical therapist who had a horrifying bout with coronavirus last summer. Tim Maggart describes how he found healing through his faith in God and his music, as a singer songwriter. After a brief personal observation on how music impacts our fitness activity and hearing part of Maggart's new song "You Are Mine," (5:48) my chat with our guest starts with that song, crying out to God during the pandemic and just weeks before he came down with COVID. He talks about how the virus put him in the hospital, made it hard for him to breathe at home, sparked a heart attack and blood clots, all while he fought COVID for more than a month. As for fitness, (12:45) Maggart went from only being able to walk 10 feet while/after fighting COVID, building up to walking 2 miles daily around his home. (14:35) He is now back to his side gig and passion of writing and performing songs in the Inspirational Country genre, much of his music inspired by fellow military veterans and to honor them - some who say there are no atheists in foxholes. Maggart also is focused on honoring God with his music and his life. (19:55) My guest also gets real about depression, isolation he suffered and hid while battling the coronavirus. He has advice for anyone going through similar mental health issues or soldiers/vets with PTSD. (23:05) Maggart's day job is as a home health physical therapist who says he has the honor of treating some highly decorated war veterans who are homebound. (26:08) He talks about how he hopes his music too encourages these vets, knowing there's a greater reason he survived the deadly virus. (32:02) We close the podcast chat with a live performance of one of his original songs "American Blueprint" and Maggart's closing prayer. Thanks for listening! Make sure to subscribe to this podcast. And please share it with your friends using #RunTheRacePodcast. Also, write a quick review about it. For more info, go to www.wtvm.com/podcast/.