Dang Ole Country Songs

Today was a very productive day.  After purchasing a new painting for Matt's house, we ran other errands and ended up at dinner with my parents.  I'm not sure which is more random- my parents OR the fact that we ran in to them in Fort Smith unexpectedly.  (Love ya, Mom!)  =)

Much of today was spent in the car-- driving to Fort Smith, to Tenkiller, cruising around Fort Smith, and back home.  I listened to a lot of music today, country particularly.  There is one song out right now that gets me every time.  I can't keep dry eyes when I hear it.  Thanks, Colt Fort and Craig Morgan for rapping about being 'daddy's little girl', which I know I always will be.  =)

Here's the tear-jerker.....

She Likes to Ride in Trucks
Colt Ford & Craig Morgan

It seems like yesterday we were bringing you home
I was so scared to hold you, now I'm scared to let go
Know that growin' up was just a part of your life
From baby to young lady, from woman to wife
Not everything I do seems to be wrong
Dear God, will you please let her hear my song
This road life leads could be so long
Lord I pray that she will always know her way home

She likes to ride in trucks
She don't need me around, near as much
I wish I could slow her down
But my baby's growin' up
And she likes to ride in trucks

Man it's funny how time flies when I look in her eyes
I used to see me, now I see him
As life didn't know he'd became a man
And I realized that I used to be him
She used to run to me, now she's runnin' for the door
Chasin' my own dreams and doing my own thing
It's time for you to make your own mark in the world
But to me you'll always be daddy's little girl

Yes, she likes to ride in trucks
She don't need me around, near as much
I wish I could slow her down
But my baby's growin' up
She likes to ride in trucks

When he shook my hand and looked me in the eyes
He promised me that she'd be home on time
(Yeah he's a pretty good kid) Oh yeah
(But I was sixteen once)

She likes to ride in trucks
She don't need me around, near as much
I wish I could slow her down
But my baby's growin' up
She likes to ride in trucks
I wish I could slow her down
But my baby's growin' up
She likes to ride in trucks

*Trucks, Corvettes, ATVs, Boats..... I'll pretty much ride in anything with him-- or my daddy. :)

Back to Childhood

You never realize how much you rely on simple, everyday things, such as electricity, until it is GONE.  Today I spent 18+ hours without power.  Because our home has a well for our water, we had no water as well.  How inconvenient!!


To kill time today, I spent time reading, organizing my "book box" for my future classroom, and playing with my two younger cousins.  We went on an "adventure" to examine the flood damage to our low water creek behind the house.  We also made some friendship bracelets, or as Logan like to call them- crafts. 


The little boys really took me back to when I was around their age today.  It reminded me to stay young, keep life simple, and always laugh.  From silly word misuses by Braeden to hearing Logan read little books to me.  We sure shared some laughs today!



If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.  ~Tom Stoppard