It's All About Him (25 page)

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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LITTLE BITTY
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WHERE I COME FROM
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RAINY DAY IN JUNE
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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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TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS
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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 THE EVERLASTING ARMS
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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)