The Chance

I posted this originally on my myspace.... but some of you don't go there so I'm sharing it here. :)

I heard this song last night and it made me cry!!! I'm blessed to have my kiddos. I love them just the way they are. Melody is so different from me, but I love watching her live her life. I'm glad she's not scared to experience things like I was. Cuz I was!! I sat on the sidelines alot and I am feelin' that now. Looking back and wishing I'da been brave, like her. I am inspired by my daughter taking the gift called life and living it! I can't go back and undo the "safe" way I lived.... But I can watch my "color outside the lines" girl spread her wings and fly - play in the wind and find joy stream-lining thru the clouds. At least I'll know that one of us really LIVED!!!! I'm so glad God made you who you are Mel!! Be yourself and be confident that God's design is a great one. You were born to fly!! (as Sara Evans says)

There are things in this world that will try to keep you down. Doubt... fear... hate... low self-esteem.... But you don't have to let them clip your wings. I know you're stronger than that. One of us may be earth-bound baby... but watchin' you fly makes my heart soar.

(go listen to this song by Julie Roberts cuz I can't find it on myspace or youtube.... there's a link to the video on her myspace page tho.)

"The Chance"

I found a book that my mama kept
Filled with secrets she hid
And in a dusty old attic, one mornin' I read
About a woman I never met
Who had dreams just like mine
With every page that I turned, the words came alive

[Chorus:]
Wish I could roll out of town like a run-away train
I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane
I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance
If I just had the chance

A tear fell on that faded page
'Cause this was somebody else
Not the mama I knew who never thought of herself
But the times, they were different then
And lines just didn't get crossed
And these words that she wrote, they somehow got lost

[Chorus:]
Wish I could roll out of town like a run-away train
I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane
I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance
If I just had the chance

The chance that she never had
Is now the gift that is mine
And out here on this road, I'm makin' up for lost time
Yeah, I am my mother's child
And tonight in this car, I've got words in suitcase and dreams in my heart

As I roll out of town like a run-away train
I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane
I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance
While I still have the chance

I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance
While I still have the chance