High Cotton

Happy New Year Everyone! 2007 was quite a year! I was trying to remember the other day if anything interesting happened this year and wow! how could I forget!
... I got my wedding dress and started planning my dream wedding
... I graduated from Radiography and passed my national registry!
... My Mom spent five days in the hospital and survived an illness that could have killed her
... My Uncle survived a motorcycle crash and came out with only a few scrapes and a broken thumb
... Kyle got a promotion at work
... I made it through CT school!
... Kyle and I ran in our first 5K together
... We welcomed lots of new people to our family
... We made lots of new friends
... we went to plenty of parties, weddings, concerts and other fun stuff!

Sometimes we forget to stop and look around and see how blessed we really are! I'm not naive enough to think that every year will be all warm and giggly, hard times come and go, I've been there and done that too. But we are still so blessed. I heard this song the other day and thought that it was very fitting for me this year.

High Cotton - Alabama

We didn't know that times were lean
Around our home the grass was green
It didn't seem like things were all that bad
I bet we walked a thousand miles
Choppin' cotton and pushin' plows
And learnin' how to give it all we had

As life went on and years went by
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
And felt the love in mama's hands
They kept us warm and kept us fed
Taught us how to look ahead
Now lookin' back, I understand

We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced

When Sunday mornings rolled around
We dressed up in hand-me-downs
Just in time, together with the church
Sometimes I think how long it's been
And how it impressed me then
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work

We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times that are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced

I'm looking forward to what 2008 will bring! I hope God blesses you all this year as much as he has Kyle and I. Happy New Year!