Just Fishin’

Have you ever heard the song Just Fishin’ by Trace Adkins?

Let me share the lyrics here for you to soak in:

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I’m lost in her there holdin’ that pink rod and reel
She’s doin’ almost everything but sittin’ still
Talkin’ ’bout her ballet shoes and training wheels
And her kittens
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

I say, “Daddy loves you, baby” one more time
She says, “I know. I think I got a bite.”
And all this laughin’, cryin, smilin’ dyin’ here inside’s
What I call, livin’

And she thinks we’re just fishin’ on the riverside
Throwin’ back what we could fry
Drownin’ worms and killin’ time
Nothin’ too ambitious
She ain’t even thinkin’ ’bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

She’s already pretty, like her mama is
Gonna drive the boys all crazy
Give her daddy fits
And I better do this every chance I get
‘Cause time is tickin’
(Yeah it is)

And she thinks we’re just fishin’ on the riverside
Throwin’ back what we could fry
Drownin’ worms and killin’ time
Nothin’ too ambitious
She ain’t even thinkin’ ’bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

She ain’t even thinkin’ ’bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’
Yeah, aww, she thinks we’re just fishin’
We ain’t only fishin’
(This ain’t about fishin’)

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This song certainly pulls on my heart strings as I see our kids growing so quickly before my eyes. We have one shot at life and my gosh can it really throw some trials at us.

There is ALWAYS something that is challenging, we all face hard times. Yet, at the same time we have the ability to just slow down and take in the small moments that truly become the big ones.

Don’t get too wrapped up in the craziness of life, take a deep breath, get outside and focus on what you have the ability to control.

For us that is always family time.  The beauty in life comes to us when we learn to be present in the tiny moments that make up our day. The days turn into months and then into years, and then one day we look back and realize the small moments really were the big blessings.