Reba

  • My “Mama” Reba dropped an EP tonight. I stayed up late to listen. The new song of them? “One Night In Tulsa” I won’t lie, I cried the first 10 listens to it. I just cried. The first time listening, I just heard the melody. I didn’t even hear the words. I cried for that…

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  • Mother Hunger

    A friend recommended the book Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance by Kelly McDaniel to me. My mommy issues are no secret. So I ordered it. I had no intention of starting it anytime soon. I bought it so I could tell them I had it,…

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  • Frequency of Home

    I know I sayI can’t go home again.It’s not because I don’t want to, it’s because I can’t.I don’t know wherehome is for me.Because the only placethat has ever felt like homeisn’t a place.It’s a person on the screen.It’s a person on the radio.So I can’t go backto somewhere I wasnever allowed to go.

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  • Happy Birthday, Mama

    I don’t know what having a mom feels like, but I imagine it would feel like listening to you. On the screen, or behind the lyrics, you bring me that kind of peace. The sense of safety most grew up with, but I didn’t. Today is your birthday, and while I’ll never be able to…

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  • An Old Soul in a New World

    I wasn’t built for this generation.I feel like I was born in the wrong time. Starting a night out at 9 PM,Spending all night bar hopping,Finally getting to bed at 3 or 4 AM.That’s not for me. I’d rather stay in with a bookor a cross stitching project.I’d rather buy drinks from the storeto drink…

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  • Triggers

    I told myself I would never lie to you (other than about my name). So I’m not going to start now. I drove to Nashville on 5/28 in anticipation of going to see Reba play after the Music City Rodeo. Y’all know how much she means to me. I was desperately trying to chase after…

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  • Summertime

    It is finally summer. I love it because I can be outside and I can just take in nature. This year, I finally have a hammock I can use! I’m so excited for that. But it means nights out on my deck with a good book, morning coffee out on the deck. It means open…

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  • Trailblazers

    I’m watching women in every industry break glass ceilings. As a country music fan (90s country or die, unless it’s Reba then it’s timeless and perfect) I grew up LOVING the women in the industry. Loretta, Patsy, Tammy, Dolly, Reba, Martina, Trisha, Terri, Lee Ann, Faith, Jo Dee, LeAnn…..I could go on and on. Watching…

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  • The Moment You Realize

    Have you ever had a moment when you realize that you’ve done the thing you’ve been working so hard to do? Like you’ve been working towards this abstract goal, and you finally reach it, but you don’t realize it right away and when it hits you you just completely lose it. I’m there. I’m right…

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  • If you would have told me today I would be sipping my morning coffee while listening to an audiobook, I would have laughed. I don’t like audiobooks because I don’t always pay attention to them. If I do listen to them, I’m probably on a road trip, not sitting at work. But this isn’t an…

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