Our new "song"

"Then" - Brad Paisley

"I remember trying not to stare the night that I first met you 
You had me mesmerized
and 3 weeks later in the front porch light taking 45 min to kiss goodnight
I hadn’t told you yet; I thought I loved you then

Chorus
Now you’re my whole life now you’re my whole world
I just can’t believe the way I feel about you girl
Like a river meets the sea
Stronger than it’s ever been
We’ve come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then.

I remember taking you back to right where I first met you 
You were so surprised 
There were people around
But I didn’t care I got down on one knee right there
And once again, I thought I loved you then...

Chorus
Now you’re my whole life now you’re my whole world
I just can’t believe the way I feel about you girl
Like a river meets the sea
Stronger than it’s ever been
We’ve come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then.

I can just see you with a baby on the way
I can just see you when your hair is turning gray
What I can’t see is how I’m ever gonna love you more
But I’ve said that before..........

Now you’re my whole life now you’re my whole world
I just can’t believe the way I feel about you girl
Someday we'll look back at this moment that we’re in
And I'll look at you and say, 'I thought I loved you then'
And I thought I loved you then..."

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So, this is SO CRAZILY our new "song"........ for many reasons...
One reason is that one time, my good friend Shannon & I drove to see
Tara (her sister, my best friend) in Georgia.  On the way there, we
had this great conversation about relationships, dating, & marriage.
She was saying how crazy it is how she feels about George (her husband)
now, versus when they were dating, got engaged, or even first got married!
How when you know it's right, you look back every so often and think,
"MAN!  and I thought I loved him THEN!  I didn't even KNOW him then!"

After our honeymoon, Jason and I were reminiscing about the wedding
planning and the few days and weeks before our big event.  Jason said
"man, I feel like I didn't even know you then, but I thought I loved you
SO much!"  After a year or so of marriage, we had the conversation again
about our honeymoon... and feeling like we barely even knew each other but
we thought we loved each other then... and Jason said "man, how scary is it
to find someone to marry... you think you know them & love them but you
really barely even know them!!!  Thank God He's in control and not us!"
I said, "yeah, I'm sure we'll feel the same way about THIS conversation
after we have kids!  We'll be like "geez, I thought I loved you THEN!"

So, a couple weeks ago, we were watching the American Idol results show
on DVR and we usually fast-forward through any guest performances but this
one was Brad Paisley!  We love Brad Paisley!  So we listened.... and holy
moly!  We were amazed!  He got in our heads somehow and wrote the perfect
song!  We were cracking up because Jason has described himself as being
mesmerized the night we met... and we sat out on my front porch till 3 am a
week after we met talking & had our first kiss that no one knew about... lol.
He said he knew that night.... He said he knew the night we met...but he
REALLY had a feeling the night we sat out till 3 am.  Then, he took me back
to where we first met to propose!!!  (except there wasn't anyone around...
that part of the song isn't accurate; COME ON BRAD, get with it!!!)

So we were laughing at these two verses and then we heard the bridge and
we were just like "what the heck!"     I can just see you with a baby on
the way.... etc etc etc...what I can't see is how I'm ever gonna love you
more.  But I've said that before.....

CRAZY!  Good writing, Brad.  Kudos, as usual!


"Someday we'll look back at this moment that we're in, and I'll look
at you and say... I THOUGHT I LOVED YOU THEN!"

... love you honey!  (I think....)  :)

A picture from our honeymoon... July 2007