The Story

I have been meaning to do a blog about this song called "The Story" by Brandi Carlile for a long time now, but just haven't gotten around to it. I figured that with the recent things that have been on my mind lately now was the perfect time for it. I know it has been awhile since my last blog about a song and maybe some thought I was finally becoming a normal person, but lo, fear not for I am still not normal. :)

The Story
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am

But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true, I was made for you

I climbed across the mountaintops
Travel across the ocean blue
I cross over lines and I broke all the rules
And baby I broke them all for you

Oh because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
You do, I was made for you

You see the smile that's on my mouth
It's hiding the words that won't come out
All of the friend who think that I'm blessed
They don't know that my head is a mess

No they don't know who I really am
And they don't know what I've been through
Like you do, and I was made for you

Verse 1

Oh, Verse 2
Oh yea, and it's true, I was made for you

Ok, so I love this song and every time I hear it I think of my sweet Nate. Truly no one knows me like he does. It is also a song like this that remind me that there is such a history between Nate and I that should be cherished. This life can be full of some pretty choppy waters with some calm waters thrown in there to keep us sane. We have known each other since High School, which was forever ago. We've made it through my crazy parents, waiting a year to be married in the temple, undergrad, med school where I worked to support us while he studied and went to school full time. We have been dirt poor, which by the way, are some of my favorite memories when I look back on our 1st few years together. We've survived Nate's total cheapness--- well, I have. We've survived the stress and chaos of residency and an externship that lead us to live with his parents and 3 sisters for a year. We've been through heartache trying to have a family of our own with a miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy which lead to emergency surgery and then being pregnant with twins and losing one of them. We have also had the trials of starting a practice, owning an airplane which lead to a major lawsuit........ This list could get really long and boring but what I can say is that in each of those times mentioned and the countless unmentioned there were equally good and happy times that go with each one of those. We have 4 wonderful children, we made it through school, we can afford to eat now, things are great with the practice right now etc...... And we are living the life that we drempt up together. We have stuck by each other and pulled each other through some hard times and there is real strength and value in that.

I truly feel like there is no one on this earth better suited to be my companion. We were made for each other and compliment each other in almost every way. Does this mean that he doesn't get on my nerves----hardly! :) But, at the end of the day he's the one that makes it all worth it. My someone to share all my secrets and dreams with and someone who knows exactly who I am and still loves me --lines on my face and all.