A Life That's Good

Life has been less then ideal lately in my mind.

But….that's the catch, in my mind!  
We are responsible for our own thoughts and crafting our own moods and responses to others.

Every Wednesday night you can catch me in my bed watching Rayna and Deacon in the best show on TV right now, Nashville.  
They make my heart pitter patter!  

One little song last week that Lennon and Maisy sang had me in tears.  

The lyrics along with their magical voices have gotten me through several rough days lately.  

Really, at the end of the day, we all just want 
a life that's good.

And, by the grace of God, he has blessed me with 
a life that's good.

A good husband, good parents, good in-laws and good friends.

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A Life That's Good
Sitting here tonight, by the fire light 
It reminds me I already have more than I should. 
I don't need fame, no one to know my name. 
At the end of the day, Lord I pray
I have a life that's good. 

Two arms around me
Heaven to ground me
and a family that always calls me home. 
Four wheels to get there. 
Enough love to share and a
sweet, sweet, sweet song. 
At the end of the day, Lord I pray
I have a life that's good. 

Sometimes I'm hard on me,
when dreams don't come easy
I wanna look back and say I did all that I could. 
At the end of the day, Lord I pray
I have a life that's good. 

Two arms around me
Heaven to ground me
and a family that always calls me home. 
Four wheels to get there. 
Enough love to share and a
sweet, sweet, sweet song. 
At the end of the day, Lord I pray
I have a life that's good. 

At the end of the day, Lord I pray
I have a life that's good.

You are my Plan "A"

3 years, 
8 months & 
1 day ago...

...these 3 laid on my bed & dressed me, prepped me, hugged me and sent me on my way to Atlanta for what I thought would be a night of drinks, dinner and catching up with a certain red head I hadn't laid eyes on since the Sigma Chi house at Georgia Tech in 1993.  

The Clems

6 days ago...

that certain red head asked me to spend the rest of my life with him.  

JT asked me when I knew I loved him.  I didn't have one single lightning flash of a moment, however; I knew the minute I got in my car leaving him from our first "date" that God had opened my heart to love again.  I am not a fan of living in the past because I once lived there too long and the environment didn't suit me too well.  I do think it's worth sharing what I heard a couple of Sundays ago in church,  "Our past doesn't define us, it refines us."  I am feeling pretty refined these days.    

I asked JT when he knew that he loved me.  

Hand drawn photo of my Grandparents house
Forsyth, GA

He said he knew it the moment I opened this gift from him when he saw my face.
I knew from that moment that "he got me and I got him."  It is the single most special gift I have ever received from someone, especially considering JT never got to meet my Nannie & Granddaddy.  My entire childhood is wrapped up in that house -- fields of pecans, swings, kitty cats, gardening, fried chicken, chocolate pudding and pure southern love.   

We don't have a map for life and sometimes it's very easy to get turned around and go in different directions.  During the 3 years, 8 months and 1 day that we've been together we've experienced many directions in our lives....a death, a wedding and 2 sweet babies being born in JT's family, the major heart surgery of my Dad, the hospitalization of my Mom, the loss of 2 pets, the loss of a friendship, the harsh reality that not everyone "gets" us, the sweet surprise that so many people are genuinely happy for us.  

There's no one I'd rather sit on a porch with, drink coffee with, vacation with, grieve with, laugh with, cook with, argue with, make up with and live with.  It's a good thing people.  Second chances are a good thing!  

Ginger,

You are my Plan "A" because there will not be a Plan "B"
I love you