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These Days

Okay so I LOVE Rascal Flatts.  LOVE THEM.  They make me super happy.  And today's song is one of my favorites of theirs.  You know how you get sick of a popular song playing over and over on the radio?  I never once got sick of hearing this song.  I love Rascal Flatts!  I can't even fathom getting sick of them! :) 
Raise your hand if you have a "lost love" that flits through your mind every so often. MY HAND IS RAISED.  I think we all do and I think I like this song, in part, because it makes me think through the regrets and the relief of not being in that relationship! :)  At some point we all have to move on from regret or "what if's" or "if only's" and blaze a new trail.  And so often we will find that new trail is far better than the one we thought we would be traveling forever. (Huh, kinda makes me think of Garth's song "Unanswered Prayers")

These Days

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