Tomorrow is the big day!

I write this blog with so much excitement, tomorrow is the release of the new Dixie Chicks CD "Taking the Long Way Home". I already have plans to be at Target first thing to get my copy, the first CD I've bought in a long time, thanks to the world of iTunes. Their local tour date is circled on my calendar, which will be accompanied by my daughter and best girlfriend. With the release only hours away, my memory fades back to the times in my life the Dixie Chicks were a factor. The first song my daughter learned to sing all the words to was "Wide Open Spaces", the song that also helped me with my move to the deep south in 2000. August 3, 1998, two days before my son was born and I had to give up my ticket to see them at the local 4-H fair because I was going to give birth any second. The "Fly" tour where we saw them in Atlanta in 2000 and my best girlfriend flew all the way down to see them with me, also her first time on an airplane. Coming into work late the day of their "Home" CD release. Mentioning Natalie Maines and my personal hero when I was awarded Baltimore Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40 and so much more.

And now with their 4th album release upon us I am so excited to see that they are standing tall and true to their beliefs. Having been called "controversial" and "defiant", I can only hope that they encourage other women to speak up and speak out. And of course not back down.

So Yee-Haw to the Chicks! Go Chicks Go!