.~Closer To Heaven.~

 

Cowboy Cooper Marvel

(January 31st, 2000 - Present) 

 

It was at the end of February 2000 that Cowboy came into my life. 

I'd been away on a business trip.

The hours were long and arduous.
To add insult to injury,

 I got stuck in a snow storm

 which delayed me from coming straight home.
The roads were completely shut down.
When the weather finally cleared up,
the roads were still snow packed and icy.

I was driving 25 miles an hour.

The only highlight of the drive was hearing

 the Dixie Chick's song

Cowboy Take Me Away

for the first time.

I remember crying through the entire song

as it so represented the core of who I am and how I want to live my life.

 

"I said I wanna touch the earth I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
I wanna sleep on the hard ground in the comfort of your arms
On a pillow of blue bonnets in a blanket made of stars

Oh it sounds good to me
I said

Cowboy take me away fly this girl as high as you can into the wild blue
Set me free oh I pray closer to heaven above and closer to you
Closer to you

I wanna walk and not run, I wanna skip and not fall
I wanna look at the horizon, and not see a building standing tall
I wanna be the only one, for miles and miles
Except for maybe you, and your simple smile

Oh it sounds good to me, yes it sounds so good to me,

Cowboy take me away, fly this girl as high as you can into the wild blue
Set me free, oh, I pray, closer to heaven above, and closer to you
Closer to you  ... .

I finally got home safe but utterly exhausted.
Little did I know that my life was about to change forever. 

I opened the door and to my surprise there was
a little bitty puppy

with a red bandana wrapped around his neck
waiting for me.
 

My husband informed me that he named him Cowboy.
Serendipity?
Why yes, I think so.

It was at that moment that Cowboy stole my heart.
I cannot imagine my life with out him.
His unconditional love fills my soul
and just like the song says
he has a way of flying my spirit as high as it can
into the wild blue.

Oh and that" simple smile" of his does indeed take me away.

oxoxoxox