Side-pullers...

I love country music. It's the music I grew up with and it's the music that speaks to me the most. Now, that's not to say I don't like other kinds of music, because I do. I'll listen to everything from classical to speed metal. But it's country music that I always go to when I need a pick me up or a bit of comfort.

Now, there's a certain category of country music that my dad calls "side-pullers", and it's a category of song that are unique to country music. A side-pullers is a song that is so sad or that speaks to you so clearly that you have to pull off the side of the road.

There are quite a few side-pullers out there and there seems to be a spate of new ones that are popular right now.( Probably too much country for most )

Life isn't about the big moments. It's not the parties or celebrations or deaths or milestones. It's about the living itself. It's the living everyday--good or bad--the best you can. It doesn't matter if you're wearing a coat of sorrow or a cloak of pride. It's the getting up and breathing in and out, the doing your job, the sitting in the quiet and facing who you really are.

Or at least that's how it seems to me tonight, when I've been listening to too much country music.