Pride

So I added some music.

But don't worry, it won't make it play unless you want it to.

Disclaimer (lest I be called out for being a hypocrite): this album is the ONLY exception to my strict no country policy. It is an awesome record and there is a great documentary called Shut Up and Sing about how they wrote it the whole thing.

It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself

Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I, I could never follow

No I, I could never follow

Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else

Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down

If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Taking the long way

I have definitely chosen the long way around in so many aspects of my life. The song talks about how her high school friends are married and moved into houses but she could never follow. My own stubborness, pride, rebelliousness and desire to go against the grain have led me on a different path than pretty much everyone I grew up with. Most of my (church) friends from high school moved out west, met their soulmates, and are married and have a mini-van full of kids. I left for college and went through some terribly rebellious years with everything culminating in my pregnancy. The path since then has not always been easy. I wonder why I can't be more humble and submissive and open to people who are trying to help me to a better way. I guess the hopeful part is that I am "getting it back on the road somehow" even if I have chosen a longer way....

Anyways, that's all.