Have you ever wondered...

Last evening, everyone who tuned in to watch the NFC championship game in Seattle had the wonderful privilege of watching our Carrie perform the Star Spangled Banner so beautifully. Indeed I was with you all posting our excitement and awe for our girl! (some even wanted to mop up after me, but…) I did mention this to some people here: Have you ever wondered what it’ll be like since Carrie was this close to becoming a broadcast journalist? Seeing Carrie grow as a vocalist has brought joy to our lives, yet things could so easily not be like this. Imagine Carrie’s wonderful talent hidden from the world, only for her family and friends to enjoy.



I wonder that sometimes, but I thought a lot about this last night and this morning while walking to classes. (It was crazy. 25 degrees, windy in Michigan everyone was rushing to go indoors while I was taking a slow walk thinking about this) I truly believe now that Carrie brings to us a very important message about life. She always had a dream of becoming a singer since young, and there was never a doubt among those who knew her that she had the talent to make it. Indeed, she went about pursuing that dream, performing at church, various shows, and even recording some cover albums; praying and hoping for her break, and we all know about her picking four-leaf clovers as a kid, wishing to become a singer one day.



Indeed, she even tried to get signed up with a recording label (at 15 I believe). No doubt she had the looks and talent, yet she was not granted her wish. Why was that so? We will never really know for sure. She must have been extremely disappointed, with the answer to her dreams apparently being an emphatic “NO”.



Yet, the amazing thing about this girl was how she responded to her “shattered” dreams. Yes, she continued to perform at fairs and all that, but she decided to pick herself up and adapt to a situation that wasn’t what she had envisioned. She became realistic and worked hard in school to make something of her. Meanwhile, I believe she still prayed and picked those four-leaf clovers, still hoping for the slightest of chances for her dream to come through.



Many of us would have given up when the answer “NO” is given to us. Often, we pray and hope for things in life and expect an immediate answer, hopefully a “YES”. Yet, 99% of the time, the answer to our prayers and hopes is actually a “WAIT”. We are so impatient that we’d actually rather an answer immediately (even a “NO”), than having to wait days, months, or even years for an answer.



As I was thinking about Carrie’s life this morning, it’s amazing as well as a great example for those who are willing to “WAIT” for the answer. We shouldn’t make demands for immediate answers. She was willing to “WAIT”, and I truly believe that it is because of this willingness to “WAIT” that has helped her grow and mature into becoming the amazing young lady who we love not just for her voice, but also for her as a person.



Indeed, because Carrie is so mature and level-headed, I think sometimes she doesn’t realize the impact she is having on all those who listen to her. Watching the national anthem for the millionth time, I really like the part at the end where she turns around to look at the crowd and their response where she goes “wow!” She looked truly amazed with that experience, and it seemed, to me at least, that she took some time to take in everything and be grateful for what she has now.



Carrie’s life story thus far can really be a great example to teach us the importance of patience when pursuing our goals. Life will hardly give you the answers you initially want. There will be bumps along the road and curveballs thrown at you; yet things have a funny way of working out in the end if you don’t give up hope!



Have you wondered… Yes, I have wondered many times what would it be like if Carrie became a journalists instead of displaying her talents for us. Have you wondered… when the answers to your hopes and dreams, or just simple little prayers, will come true. Wait and don’t give up hope. Life will give you a truly amazing answer; much better than you had hoped if you keep the faith!

Carrie singing the Star Spangled Banner at the NFC championship game

Wow! Did you catch Carrie sing the national anthem at the NFC Championship game in Seattle? Boy did that girl knock it out of the park! An absolutely beautiful and stunning rendition of the anthem. What a talent! I was so excited about this performance the whole of last night! Woohoo this girl is just so talented! President Bush should pass a legislation premitting only Carrie, Martina and Leann to sing the national anthem at public events!

Announcements!

Firstly, I have uploaded my Carrie pics from the Michigan and Maine concerts. I decided to create new blogs solely to host them. Links on the sidebar above th evideo playlist.

Secondly, Carrie will be singing the Star Spangled Banner at the NFC championship game this Sunday at 630pm on FOX. For those who missed Carrie's awesome rendition in the NBA finals last June, don't miss this one! Carrie does a wicked rendition! Enjoy!!!

Carrie's Jesus Take the Wheel will be top of the Mediabase Radio & Records country charts! Congrats Carrie, the new Goddess of Country!
I am so happy that such an awesome song like Jesus Take the Wheel tops the charts, and Carrie certainly sang the daylights out fo the song.

Jeff's Portland concert review (01/14)

OK first off, wow! Carrie is simply amazing live!

so the concert starts at three, and i met up with 2 other CFers, dorothy and robin at my hotel and we walked to the civic center... and lo and behold the place was packed! i was glad to see the place packed, cos to be honest, i wasnt sure if the place would have a good attendence, but whaddya know, never doubt Carrie and her fans! so we were waiting for the place to be opened and we saw a few other CFers! erin, ashley and don!

so we get to our seats, and im seated next to Don! (well i knew this before the concert started) guys, this guy is truly as funny in real life as he is on his posts here he constantly had me in stitches with all his adventures with the blue hair! seated next to don were Jamie (musicali) and jen.

don campbell was an amazing opener! that guy and his band are really talented. go check out his band. don and i bought his cd. the song "mr bill gates" is really funny

after don campbell performed for about 35 minutes, jeff gordon came out and thanked us for supporting his foundation and then introduced carrie!

for those who havent seen carrie in concert, she truly is amazing live! even better than her CD, if that is possible! she sang every song + independence day (with the exception of whenever you remember).

i wont say too much about the songs, except for "thats where it is". i mean on her CD that song, to me, is like low on my list, but wow she totally nailed that song!

(on a side note, when carrie came over to my side of the stage, i did a little wave at her, and i think she waved back )

so carrie ran off the stage, and don turned to me and was like did she sing all the songs? my brain froze! the crowd gave carrie a standing ovation and continued clapping nonstop... and out bounced our cute miss underwood and she sand I aint in Checotah Anymore! and at the end i believe it was Katie and her friends who ran up and passed carrie some carebears!

the meet and greet started out crazy... they ushered us to a section of the arena, and ushered us to another place after that... so we were like near the end of the line (all the CFers were it seemed! all together!), where i met another CFer michelle (lilbit). so don remembers my story how i nearly missed meeting carrie at the country cares concert in michigan, so he was like "hey jeff, is it something with you that always gets you last to meet carrie?" lol, and the event staff announced that carrie had another engagement to attend to so we needed to speed things up! i was like hell no not again!

anyhow, everyone managed to meet carrie so that was good. what wasnt so cool, at least for me personally, was that i was soooo freakin nervous!!! i wanted to congratulate her on JTTW being #1 i couldnt say that! i just babbled some crap, and basically was such a wreck i didnt make any sense haha... i shall spare myself further embarassment by not revealing the details. i did give her some presents (again) and she thanked me for them. A couple of tshirts and a brooch.

all in all, i really enjoyed everything! carries performance, getting to meet carrie even though i was a complete mess, and meeting the great CFers here!

Congrats Carrie on your first Billboard Country #1

Carrie's Jesus Take the Wheel will be top of the Billboard Country Radio charts when last weeks rankings will be published tomorrow! Congrats Carrie, the new Goddess of Country!
I am so happy that such an awesome song like Jesus Take the Wheel tops the charts, and Carrie certainly sang the daylights out fo the song. Congrats again to our girl!

CARRIE UNDERWOOD SAYS JESUS DID TAKE THE WHEEL IN '05

(from gactv.com)

Carrie Underwood got off to a miraculous start last year, scoring a big debut hit with "Jesus Take The Wheel," and she's on the road to selling two million copies of her debut album Some Hearts. Carrie tells Nashville IQ that she really identifies with the song.

“I feel like the luckiest person in the world the way everything worked out,” she says.“Everything worked out so perfectly that the song means so much to me, because I feel like Jesus was taking the wheel and leading me through everything that was going on."

--- no wonder I love, admire and respect Carrie so much!