I was checking out songs to post on Saturdays here on Secondary Roads when I came across Letter to Me by Brad Paisley.  I enjoy almost everything Brad sings so I clicked on the link.  Here’s Brad’s song:

“In a couple of weeks you are going to work Saturday on Norman Simpson’s farm filling silo.  You will come home feeling more tired than you ever have before.  But eat supper, bathe and go to the birthday celebration for your friend, Mel.  Don’t miss it!  You’ll meet some new folks there.  Three of them are sisters, and while you won’t take particular notice of the youngest early on, you will think you are madly in love with her by the time the evening is over.  You will think that, but you will be wrong and you will spend the rest of your life caught up in the wonder of how much love can grow and expand.  Yes, you will marry her.

You will make some poor choices along the way, but don’t worry.  Everything will turn out just as it should be.  Wait until you see your sons.  And your red-haired granddaughter is going to make you ‘button-popping proud.’

Don’t worry about missing the senior trip to Washington DC.  You’ll go there a few times later and see the sights including some things that you’ll be asked not to talk about.  You wont.  You’ll also make an ex-parte presentation before a federal commission.  Don’t worry, it’s a Latin phrase and you’ll find out what it means later.

Be careful of your back.  It will give you trouble later in life.  Enjoy yourself and I’ll see you in the mirror.”