Sometimes the words of a song just hit you and move you to tears. Garth’s new song “Mom” from his latest album “Man Against Machine” is one of those songs. It tells the story of an unborn baby, being scared to be born and asking God if he can stay with him. Then God explains to the baby what a Mom is and is so sweetly written it’s just stunning. The words eloquently speak to what my dear Mom is to me. She’s my best friend and she’s always got my back, no matter what. She’s also taught me so very much and she even gave me one of my greatest musical gifts—she introduced me to Garth Brooks’ music.
At the time, I was a young 10-year-old girl obsessed with the New Kids on the Block. We had just lost my Great Grandma, and she told me “I really like this song, it’s called ‘The Dance’, and it’s sung by some new guy named Garth.” I’ll admit, I was a young preteen, so it took me awhile to get the meaning of the song and I even turned down going to a concert of his at this small venue in Hinckley, MN.(I seriously regret that to this day). But soon I discovered why my Mom liked this new guy name Garth…and my musical world has never been the same. She was with me at my first Garth concert at the Target Center in 1998, and tomorrow night we’ll be attending our second Garth show together. My Mom was fortunate to get us floor seats—it should be a night we’ll always remember!