Nothing Like This

I have a confession. I love Rascal Flatts! Throughout any part of my life, they have always had a song that is exactly how I'm feeling at that time in my life. Pretty much they write the soundtrack to super important points in my life. I'm Moving On in high school (one of their very first singles), It's Not Just Me when I started hanging out with Michael in high school, Bless the Broken Road when I got married, These Days and What Hurts The Most for past experiences, Every Day, Here and You for my amazing husband, Feels Like Today when I feel like I can conquer the world, Stand in graduate school, Here Comes Goodbye when my Grandma Jackson passed away last year, and My Wish when I found out I was pregnant. I have always wanted to write a song (it's on my bucket list), but their songs are the words I couldn't eloquently say myself--they say it for me. I love them. I do. I love them. So, every time they come out with a new album, I challenge my favorite people--to see if they will AGAIN blow me away. They did not disappoint in their latest album. I have been trying to describe how I've been feeling since Callaway was born. I feel different, my life is different, I am a completely better and stronger person because she makes me strong and makes me feel that way. I couldn't explain it. Being a mother has been and continues to be the greatest blessing of my life. So, here it is. My song.

Nothing Like This

There's nothing in my life,

I'd say I regret,

But there's something in your eyes

that makes me forget,

The times that I believed

that love was good as love could be,

I had it all,

but I was wrong.

Thought I'd been touched,

Thought I'd been kissed,

Thought I'd been loved,

But it was nothing like this.

You can't describe the sea,

Unless you been there before.

It's just a mystery,

Until your standing on the shore,

And moved by every wave

Taking your breath away

like you do,

To me.

Thought I'd been touched,

Thought I'd been kissed,

Thought I'd been loved,

But it was nothing nothing like this.

It's like another life,

Like I haven't felt a thing,

until you.

Thought I'd been touched,

Thought I'd been kissed,

Thought I'd been loved,

But it was nothing like this.

It was nothing like this

At the beginning of the song it says, "The times that I believed that love was good as love could be, I had it all, but I was wrong." Mike and I have had an incredible life together. We really had it all. We traveled, we've met some incredible people, we've lived in some super fun places--we thought we had it all till....we had more. We had Callaway. Our life and our love is so much deeper, stronger, and greater since she came into our lives. I have been so changed by this incredible little spirit that came into our home. Kisses are sweeter, hugs are tighter, love is deeper, and holding hands with tiny fingers makes my heart race! It's a feeling that can't really be explained until, you-yourself, are experiencing this joy. It's incredible, it's miraculous, and every day is a new adventure!

We love her so much!

Callaway is already an "open mouth" kisser! :)