The Climb

Okay so I am the first to gag when I hear the name Hannah Montana or Miley Cyrus. I am SO thankful the girls moved past her music and shows quickly. However there are just certain songs that strike you...move you...ring over and over in your head...make you tear up...and make your 1 year old dance. This song is what it feels like to be me...feels like to be my best friend...feels like to be Delaney...feels like to be Peyton...

This is a tough road to follow. Some days you really do feel like you'll never reach your goals...you feel like you're lost...you are shaken to your core and your faith is in shambles. And in those moments you just have to focus on putting one foot in front of another...nothing more. Eventually you climb the mountain and are stronger because of it.

Although our life isn't easy it is fulfilling. Every single day is a struggle in one way or another. It seems the easiest emotional days are our days spent in crisis and our hardest emotional days are our days out of immediate crisis.

I know that sometimes people in our lives have thought I was crazy or rude or controlling for the choices I have made in regards to Delaney. I can't explain why I have made the choices I made except to say that I have ALWAYS followed my mommy gut with her. And in the end that has paid off more than you could ever know. It has literally saved her life more than once. Even Jess is so in tuned to Delaney that she has that instinctual feeling too.

I just wanted to share our song...

The Climb lyrics
Songwriters: Alexander, J; Mabe, J;
I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa