American Soldier

This semester for my music elective for school I picked Music in Therapy and I get the luxury of attending this class every other Saturday morning for hours. At first I was not completely thrilled but as the class goes on I actually really enjoy it! This week we had to bring in a song that was relevant to our lives or some aspect of our personality and present and share it with the class. After some debate I decided on American Soldier by Toby Keith. Most days music gets me through my day. Whether it is in my car on my way to work to get my crying out for the day or on my IPOD while running, music is an intrical part of my life. Country music at that. That is normally about all I listen to and it makes me cry, motivates me, puts a smile on my face, but mostly makes me think of Chris. So when we were given this assignment it took me some time to pick the right one. Finally, I decided on this military tribute by Toby Keith. I am so lucky to have so many family members currently in the military or veterans. My dad, brother, many cousin, many aunts and uncles, as well as many friends. So although the main reason for picking song being Chris it is prevalent to many other relationships in my life. I had watched the video a few times to prepare myself for class as we had the option to include the video and I did not wanting to be a sobbing mess in class. Well last minute I decided against the video simply because I wanted to be able to talk and keep composure and just played a recording of the song. Most of the students who went before me had very upbeat songs so I defiantly softened the mood with my choice. And then it was my turn and there was no turning back now... I explained why I picked the song and it started rolling. Right then the sun came out and began to poke through the small dreary windows of class it was like somehow God was watching over me and that was his way of showing me. And then the girl next to me began to cry. Dang it!! I was hoping to make it through without crying but now she was crying and I was so close to the verge of a meltdown this was not helping. But short of a few streaming tears I did pretty good. I finished up my presentation and continued onto the next persons song. The next presentation was a sad one also and it seemed like everyone was crying by now (good news for me) and our teacher is directing us towards tissues. Not at all how I had envisioned class going today. When I got the chance to talk to Chris today I told him how it had went today in class and he told me that I make him proud. I make HIM proud?! Are you kidding?! I just do what I have to do here, nothing out of the ordinary, a wife and a mother. I am so proud of him and what he does! It far outdoes what I do here! The pride I have for that man is more than I can ever explain. God Bless Our Troops.