Nearly 14 years ago, I sat quietly in the passenger seat of our Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme while my husband drove slowly down the highway in a snowstorm. We were young and scared; I had just gone into labor with our first child. We were 1800 miles away from home and had no idea what to expect. As I practiced breathing through the pain, my husband began flipping through the radio dial, finally settling on a country station from a town in the distance. Suddenly, the strains of John Michael Montgomery's song, "Life's a Dance" enveloped the car. I closed my eyes and felt a sense of peace when I heard the chorus: Life's a dance you learn as you go Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow Don't worry about what you don't know Over the years, that song has provided comfort in nearly every situation involving the son I gave birth to the following day. The day he entered kindergarten, I couldn't stop the tears as we left him sitting alone at a table and looking as if we had abandoned him. Climbing into the truck a few minutes later, the song began again emanating through the speakers. I looked at my husband and he just shook his head. We both knew God was reminding us that we shouldn't worry about what we didn't know. Even if we weren't with our son in the classroom, He was. As he grew, each first in his life had this song as its theme. His first camping trip, his first plane ride alone, his first foray into witnessing; all carried the undercurrent of dancing without worry. Now that he's older, I am aware that each step he takes is a step away from childhood and away from me. I know there will come a day when I will let go of his hand and watch him spread his wings. And I know that when I turn away with tears in my eyes, God will comfort me with the sweet strains...life's a dance you learn as you go, sometimes you lead (parent), sometimes you follow (Him). Don't worry about what you don't know Life's a dance you learn as you go!