“Stand”
Do you ever hear one of those songs that takes you back to a point in your life…good or bad? That was me this morning driving to work. I popped in a Rascal Flatts CD (yes, I still have CD’s and yes, I still listen to them) into my player in the car and prepared to jam all the way to work. Instead..the first song brought me to tears. Tears of memories, tears of gratitude, tears of joy.
That song was “Stand”. The reason it brought me to tears? That song had become my personal anthem about 9 years ago. You see, I had broken off an engagement and moved home…starting over on my own. I was in a relationship that, at the time, I thought was great! I thought he loved me, although he struggled with ways to show me. He never abused me, never verbally abused me..he just didn’t love me the way I needed to be loved and didn’t give me what I needed in a relationship. While it was the hardest decision of my life (weeks of sleepless nights, endless days & nights of crying and sobbing) and learning how to be “alone” again…I knew it was the best decision for me and him, to be honest.
