Then You Stand

Last weekend I was in the Jeep, headed to Kohl's for a little retail therapy. I was flipping through the radio stations trying to find something that wasn't a commercial...or a basketball game...or politics...or news. I stopped on a country station. The song had already started. I'd never heard it before, but I knew who it was. I've been listening to so much of their music lately...yep...it was Rascal Flatts.

I came to a stop at a red light and what I heard literally made me gasp.

For the last couple of years I've had several seemingly small incidents occur in my life...small to other people...major for me. After each of these occured I've said the same thing, "Another missing piece of the puzzle that is Mel has been dropped into place...another gaping, empty spot has been filled."

Ok, back to the red light...remember...I've never heard this song before...the bridge began:

"Everytime you get up and get back in the race
One more small piece..."

I was crying so hard I was physically shaking...and I was also able to finish the line:

"...of you seems to fall into place."

The song is called "Stand" and it has been playing non-stop in my head since then. It has given me more strength, more drive, more determination than I've had in a long time.

Stand
Rascal Flatts
Songwriters: Eric Blair Daly, Dan Earnest Orton

You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless
Like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright, you'll be alright

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand

Life's like a novel
With the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon
With only one way down
Take what you're given before its gone
Start holding on, keep holding on

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand

Everytime you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand

Give it a listen...you'll be glad you did! ")

"Stand" can be found on the playlist at the bottom of this page.