Country Radio

Thursdays are usually Country radio days in my office.  To the disdain of my Manager.  But to the enjoyment of all the others.  I’m cool with this for the most part.  Sure I’d love a rock/alternative day but, apparently Ethel scares them too much!  The other choice I lean towards is jazz but they say it puts them to sleep.  Too bad so sad for me right.   I am not a fan of Garth Brooks.  I actually think him an ass.  (Actually a huge ass who cheated on his wife with Trisha Yearwood for YEARS!)  Some of his songs are enjoyable listening though and back when I was 20, one was brought to my attention.  I had broke up with my ex-husband (then bf) and my sister gave me the words to this tune… Garth Brooks, Unanswered Prayers (Album NO FENCES) Just the other night a hometown football game My wife and I ran into my old high school flame And as I introduced them the past came back to me And I couldn’t help but think of the way things used to be She was the one that I’d wanted for all times And each night I’d spend prayin’ that God would make her mine And if he’d only grant me this wish I wished back then I’d never ask for anything again She wasn’t quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams And I could tell that time had changed me In her eyes too it seemed We tried to talk about the old days There wasn’t much we could recall I guess the Lord knows what he’s doin’ after all And as she walked away and I looked at my wife And then and there I thanked the good Lord For the gifts in my life Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs That just because he may not answer doesn’t mean he don’t care Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers Some of God’s greatest gifts are all too often unanswered…prayers I like this song.  Every time I hear it I am taken back to a place in time when I had many options before me.  However, as a young adult, I could only see a few of them and that is so sad.  (Why is it in youth was are so unable to see that the world is a huge open book to us?  I see this in other 20ish people and I just want to shake them and say – “Do It ALL!  You will never get these chances again!”)   My sister, I love her dearly!  Now as I look back, from these eyes of a 34 year old single mom, having been left alone to raise my 2 angels, I know where she was going when she gave me these lyrics.  Encouragement!  She was saying that dumping the (then too) cheater on his ass was a great instinct and that she felt I should go with that.   Unfortunately for me, I was a thick-headed and weak hearted young soul and I did not take her (wise) advice.