Anyone who knows me knows that I have an extreme passion for music. I love finding songs that I could have come straight from my heart and mind. I was listening to Francesca Battistelli and heard this song, that i've probably heard many times before but for some reason it struck a chord with me this time! It just spoke so much to me. We all do our best to put on our strong faces even when we know we don't have to...we do it anyway, to prove to ourselves that everything is fine, that all is well. Very rarely in life is there not some kind of struggle, worry, concern...and we try to do our best to give it all to God. That's probably one of the hardest things we are called to do as christians...Give it all to God...to never worry. And though I find comfort in knowing he has all good plans for my life, its hard when you don't know what those plans are! You don't wanna make decisions now that will mess with what he's trying to do and then again you don't want to NOT do something in worries that it may be God's plan as well. And though I think God can have his will in everything, i think our free will can mess things up a bit for us. With my birthday approaching there is always some amount of self reflection...thoughts of things I should or shouldn't have done, or things I did or didn't say that I should or shouldn't have. I do very few things lightly when it comes to my life or others and I do my best to seek God in it all. That's really all we can do isn't it?? So this song talks about what goes on behind the scenes...what people don't say and what people are really thinking. What is awesome is even the behind the scene stuff God KNOWS! How awesome is that...there are no secrets with him...what a load off!! Here are the lyrics to the song below...look it up, its a great song, an acoustic version would be even better lol!
Behind The Scenes
Album: My Paper Heart: Deluxe Edition
Artist: Francesca Battistelli
You may think
I’m just fine
How could anything
Ever be out of line?
I take my time
To set the stage
To make sure everything
Is all in place
Even though I’ve got the lines rehearsed
A picture only paints a thousand words
(Chorus)
Things aren’t always what they seem
You’re only seeing part of me
There’s more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes
I’m incomplete and I’m undone
But I suppose like everyone
There’s so much more that’s going on
Behind the scenes
Sometimes I can’t see
Anything
Through the dark
Surrounding me
And at times I’m unsure
About the ground
Beneath my feet
If it’s safe and sound
When it’s hard to find hope in the unseen
I have peace in knowing it will find me
(Chorus)
You may think I’m just fine
How could anything ever be out of line?
(Chorus)
Ashley, Melissa and I 
Bachelorette party for Ashley!
Darlena and I waitin for the show to get on the road haha
Ashley & Dan's Wedding party!
This is little Regan--the newest addition to our family! Isn't she a doll!
Road trip with mom and dad!
The Walden House in Griffin GA--so pretty there!
Rosemary cookin up a storm--she loves to entertain!
Grandpa showin his legs---he wore pants only for years!
Kimberly and I! She is pregnant with her and Jonathan's 1st little one (its a girl!)
Wanda and I :)
Me with mom and dad at the park by their house!
Me and Grandpa--love him so much!
Visit with Grandpa and Rosemary
We stopped to see Big Brutus on the way to Eureka Springs!
Me and my lil guy Owen at big Brutus--he loves 
Meg and I at the beginning of our 8 mile canoe trip down the White River (it was 46 degrees in the water!)
Meg and I at the beginning of our 8 mile canoe trip down the White River (it was 46 degrees in the water!)
We stopped for lunch and there were a bunch of monarch butterflies that just let me pick them up! It was way cool!
After canoeing at a lookout point--the river in the back ground is where Meg and I canoed
Meghan & Kevin
Me with Meghan & Kevin in Eureka Springs, AR at their wedding!
