A Family to Love

Story Behind The Song

My journey to motherhood took 25 years. This past year my husband and I adopted a lovely blue-eyed, blond-haired girl from Rhode Island who had been in state care for the last 7 years. The entire process was, and still is, such an eye-opening experience.

Song Length 3:59 Genre Country - General
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Moving, Blissful Subject General, Encouragement
Similar Artists Trisha Yearwood Language English

Lyrics

She?s seen more in her five short years than most adults their whole lives
Robbed of her innocence, somehow she survived
But couldn?t understand what she?d been doing wrong
She wanted desperately to belong

CHORUS
To a family
To love her unconditionally
And wrap their love around her like a blanket on a cold night
To keep her warm and protected
Like the good Lord meant it
A family to love for her whole life

From the age of five until she was seven, it?s one foster home to another
And she'd dream at night of a mom and dad, maybe a protective big brother
But when the state moved her into the children?s home
She began to feel that hope was almost gone

For a family
To love her unconditionally
And wrap their love around her like a blanket on a cold night
To keep her warm and protected
Like the good Lord meant it
A family to love for her whole life

BRIDGE
There are tens of thousands ?round this country waiting for that joyful day
To hear those sweet words she finally heard, ?You?re going home to stay

With your family
To love you unconditionally
And wrap their love around you like a blanket on a cold night
To keep you warm and protected
Like the good Lord meant it
A family to love your whole life?

We?ll keep you warm and protected
Like the good Lord meant it
A family to love your whole life
A family to love

Lyrics JoAnne Redding Music JoAnne Redding
Producer Bobby Sweet and JoAnne Redding Publisher Pink Slip Publishing (ASCAP) (JoAnne Redding)
Performance JoAnne Redding Label unreleased

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