Sometime ago, on travel, I was driving about 80 miles from the airport to the destination. Pretty much flat-lands with nice scenery on the rear view and up ahead. Somehow, it made me think of our life with DS. There are some great days of hope and there are some days of despair - always goes back to the fact how would DS do when he grows up and how independent he could or would be. So when we (or I) think about the latter, its always one that of trepidation and fear of unknown on what future would hold. So, i thought aloud, at such times, there is nothing much one could do, but just say a prayer...
...So that incident was over; as I was dressing up in an hotel room the next day, I was thinking about the previous day incident/mind-set. As I was thinking about this, this song was played on the radio... This is a song I always identified with and that was even before DS was born. I kind of thought that was my credo... Here is that song:
I wont back down - Tom Petty
Well I wont back down, no I wont back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I wont back down
Gonna stand my ground, wont be turned around
And Ill keep this world from draggin me down
Gonna stand my ground and I wont back down
Hey baby, there aint no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I wont back down.
Well I know whats right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin me around
But Ill stand my ground and I wont back down
Hey baby there aint no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I wont back down
No, I wont back down
Well I wont back down, no I wont back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I wont back down
Gonna stand my ground, wont be turned around
And Ill keep this world from draggin me down
Gonna stand my ground and I wont back down
Hey baby, there aint no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I wont back down.
Well I know whats right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin me around
But Ill stand my ground and I wont back down
Hey baby there aint no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I wont back down
No, I wont back down
Another sign from above... (or mere coincidence - the concept I was explaining to DS today!)