Songs That Break Your Heart

I listen to a lot more country music these days.  There's something about the simplicity of the songs and the stories of the lyrics that I am finding to be Just Right.

This morning, while I was prepping dinner to go into the crock pot for the day, the country station played Tim McGraw's I'm Already Home. Thank goodness for the onion I was chopping at the time. It was a built-in explanation, should anyone see me.

If you're reading this halfway around the world
I won't be there to see the birth of our little girl
I hope she looks like you
I hope she fights like me
And stands up for the innocent and the weak
I'm layin down my gun and hanging up my boots
Tell dad I don't regret that I followed in his shoes

So lay me down
In that open field out on the edge of town
And know my soul
Is where my mama always prayed that it would go
And if you're reading this
I'm already home

I think about those who find comfort in this song, and those whom they have lost. So many sacrifices. Heartrending.

Godspeed, our fallen soldiers, and thank you.