It's All About Him
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Chapter 19
Making New Vows
1. Jer. 29:10b–12 NLT.
2. “That’s the Way,” words and music by Pat Terry, copyright 1974,Word Music.
3. Martha Beck, “Shame! Embarrassment! Humiliation!” O magazine,May 2004.
4. Ibid.
5. Heb. 12:2, italics added
Chapter 21
What Really Matters
1. Alanna Nash, “Alan Jackson,” USA Weekend, November 3, 2002.
2. Ibid.
3. See Dan Allender, To Be Told (Colorado Springs: Waterbrook, 2005), particularly chapter 3, “What Makes a Good Story?—A Better Way to Read Your Tragedies.”
4. Ibid
Chapter 22
Roots
1. Ps. 61:3a, 5b.
2. Deut. 4:29.
3. Mat. 7:7.
Chapter 23
Precious Memories
1. Reuters, “Alan Jackson a Christian Crossover Star,” 25 December 2006.
Chapter 24
Drive!
1. Phil. 4:13.
2. Philip Yancey, Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006), 14.
3. C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1979), 168–69.
Chapter 25
Happily Ever After, Even When We’re Not
1. 1 Cor. 2:9.
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LIVIN’ ON LOVE
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WHERE I COME FROM
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RAINY DAY IN JUNE
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REMEMBER WHEN
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FIRST LOVE
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TO DO WHAT I DO
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THE WAY I AM
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HERE IN THE REAL WORLD
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LIFE OR LOVE
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TALL, TALL TREES
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BLUEBIRD
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A LITTLE BLUER THAN THAT
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LEANING ON
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GONE CRAZY
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SOFTLY AND TENDERLY
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WORK IN PROGRESS
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WHERE WERE YOU
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LET IT BE CHRISTMAS
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JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL
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WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN
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Photo Section
My first-grade school picture (1966-67)
Alan’s first-grade school picture (1964-1965)
My Jr./Sr. Prom at Newnan High School (1977)
Alan and me with his beloved Thunderbird (1977)
Alan and me homecoming night at Newnan High School before I was crowned queen. (1977)
Alan and me soon after we started dating
I was cheerleader captain my senior year (1977-78)
Our Wedding-December 15, 1979
My flight-attendant days at Piedmont Airlines (1985)
#1 Party for “Here In The Real World” single (April 1990) Hope Powell Photography
My mother & daddy with Mattie on her first Easter (1991)
Alan and me at the White House with President George & Barbara Bush (1992)
My brother Ron and his wife Debby
Big sister Mattie proudly holds her new sister, Ali (Aug. 1993)
Mattie, Ali and me with their miniature Mercedes (Christmas Day, 1994)
Our family celebrating Dani’s arrival at Baptist Hospital (Aug. 1997)
My infamous short haircut (1998)
Photography by Pamela Springstein
December 15, 1998-Renewing our wedding vows at First Presbyterian Church, Nashville. From left-Chip and Norma Jane Peay, Tom and Jane Smith, our family, Mary Miller, Bobbie and Robert Wolgemuth
My favorite Santa picture (1998)
Alan’s parents, Ruth and Eugene, at a CMA after-show party
Tony Phipps Photography
Our-500-year-old natural wonder on a snowy day
Us posing under our tree
Wendi Webb Thomas Photography
Alan and me in the A.C. Cobra on the New England 1000 Road Rally (May 1999)
My prayer group at Liz’s wedding. From left-Beth J, Jane, Kim, Liz, me, Beth I, and Joy (May 2000)
Helen Burrus Photography
Alan and his sisters with Mama Ruth at Carol’s wedding. From left-Carol, Connie, Alan, Diane and Cathy (June 2000)
Bob Fraley Photography
My 40th birthday at Little Palm Island (2000)
R to L: Me, Mother, my siblings, Danny and Jane
Our family on the set of the “Drive” video (2002)
Tony Phipps Photography
36th Annual CMA Awards. Alan won five awards, including “Entertainer of the Year”
Photo by Jim Hagens, CMA
Alan accepting “Entertainer of the Year” Award at 2003 CMA Awards show
Photo by John Russell, CMA
Us on the set of “Let It Be Christmas” TV Special (2002)
Tony Phipps Photography
Alan and me at home being interviewed for “Let It Be Christmas” TV Special (2002)
Tony Phipps Photography
Ali and Dani ready to perform on Alan’s TV special “Let It Be Christmas” (2002)
Tony Phipps Photography
My daddy holding an auction item for Angel’s House in Newnan, GA (an autographed hat of Alan’s)
On the red carpet at the Country Music Awards Show 2006
Photo by Jim Hagans, CMA
Our 2006 Christmas card