Aunt Beck dropped off a CD at my door this week for me. She had made a compilation CD of many of her favorite songs and she thought I would love it so she made me a copy. While I was jumping on the trampoline today I heard a song that moved me deeply. Most of the song has nothing to do with “our story”. There is one line though that summarizes so much of how I feel about my boys. The song is called “Bless the Broken Road” and is by Rascal Flatts.<\/p>\n
The line that captures my heart is this:<\/p>\n
This much I know is true That is exactly how I feel. It was the broken road of a family who had 11 cryopreserved embryos. They loved them. They wanted them. They could not continue to build their family and they had to find them a daddy and a mommy. It was the broken road of a young teenager who after one night of indescretion, carried the burden of pregnancy. This baby would have no daddy. She couldn’t be everything this baby needed. She loved him. She had to let him go. It was the story of a couple who felt desperate for children but could not conceive them. When medical science allowed them the priveledge of carrying them… they died. All the injustice, all the pain, all the loss…a broken road for all.<\/p>\n Then came the two little “you’s”. <\/p>\n Tanner and Ty. <\/p>\n If only I had known. <\/p>\n I would have run for that broken road. <\/p>\n Dreamed of it. <\/p>\n Clung to it. <\/p>\n It had a pot of gold at the end beyond compare. <\/p>\n I didn’t know then. <\/p>\n I do now.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rascal Flatts – Bless The Broken Road Lyrics <\/p>\n I set out on a narrow way many years ago I think about the years I spent just passing through Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
\nThat God blessed the broken road
\nThat led me straight to you<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHoping I would find true love along the broken road
\nBut I got lost a time or two
\nWiped my brow and kept pushing through
\nI couldn’t see how every sign pointed straight to you
\nEvery long lost dream lead me to where you are
\nOthers who broke my heart they were like northern stars
\nPointing me on my way into your loving arms
\nThis much I know is true
\nThat God blessed the broken road
\nThat led me straight to you<\/p>\n
\nI’d like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
\nBut you just smile and take my hand
\nYou’ve been there you understand
\nIt’s all part of a grander plan that is coming true<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOthers who broke my heart they were like northern stars
\nPointing me on my way into your loving arms
\nThis much I know is true
\nThat God blessed the broken road
\nThat led me straight to you<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n