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Dear Kip Moore: how one song changed a little boy’s life

July 29, 2013 By: Stephanie9 Comments

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This is a very sweet story about how the song Hey Pretty Girl by Kip Moore touched the heart of a little boy who was struggling to understand his adoption.

I love you.

No, seriously.

You see, we have this little boy to raise and it isn’t always easy. 

Sometimes he gets angry and throws chairs and breaks doors off of hinges or takes a permanent marker to everything in the living room.

Sometimes he screams that we’re not his family because, biologically, we’re not. Sometimes he truly believes he hates us and he wants his “real” mommy back, even though he never really knew her.

But today was just an ordinary day, not one of the tough ones, and your song was on the minivan radio. When I looked in the rear view mirror I saw him crying. I asked why he was sad and, in his infinite 6-year-old wisdom, my son told me that sometimes people cry even when they’re not sad. 

Wiping tears away he said, “I’m not sad, Mom. It’s just this song. It touched deep in my heart.” 

He has heard your song before, but today he felt it.

He went on to explain as best he could as he processed that one day he could have a biological family of his very own. 

“It makes my heart feel something, but I’m not sad. One day will I be married like the song man? And then I’ll really be in a family? My own family?”

I wanted to insist that he’s in a family now, and I tried to remind him gently,  but, no matter what I say or do, to him, it can never be the same. Kip Moore, today you gave him the gift of hope. Hope that there will be belonging and blood relation and kinship in his future.

So this momma thanks you.

And your song’s pretty good too.

Love, 

Nick’s Mom

 

 

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  1. Jenn @ Mommy Needs A Martini says

    July 29, 2013 at 6:28 pm

    Aww! This is so so presh! This is, by far, one of my favorite songs and Kip was the BEST concert I’ve ever been to. Also, I’m totally friends with him on Twitter so I’ll be sharing this!

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    • Stephanie says

      July 29, 2013 at 6:31 pm

      Thanks, Jenn! It was already my favorite song of the moment and now it will probably be my favorite song of all time. đŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Kathleen says

    July 29, 2013 at 7:02 pm

    That is so sweet. Children really are wise in their own way.

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    • Stephanie says

      July 29, 2013 at 7:30 pm

      They truly are.

      Reply
  3. Lisa @ The Golden Spoons says

    July 29, 2013 at 7:22 pm

    OMG!!! I love this so much for so many reasons. First of all, I love that Kip Moore song. Second of all, we used to have a foster child and I soooo hope she has found a forever family now and that she has the same hope your boy got from this song!

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    • Stephanie says

      July 29, 2013 at 7:31 pm

      I hope she has found a forever family too!

      Reply
  4. Paula@SweetPea says

    July 29, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    What a sweet post. Love this song!

    Reply
  5. Holly Waterfall says

    July 29, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    Oh my, tears to my eyes. What a sweet sweet boy you have. It sounds like it must be difficult for him to wrap his little mind around what family is. He will soon see that he has been blessed with a beautiful family already, regardless of blood relationship.

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  6. whencrazymeetsexhaustion says

    June 17, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    I’m still here. Still crying. Cripe, woman, your blog should come with a lifetime supply of Kleenex.

    (Totally pitch Kleenex)

    Reply

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