Journal 4

She’s A Butterfly

One of my favorite songs is “She’s A Butterfly” by Martina McBride. I read the lyrics to this song for the first time last year. It was on a day when I was feeling particularly sad for myself. That doesn’t happen too often, but when it does I need something or someone to help me out. I read the lyrics over and over trying to figure out why this song made my day better.

The title, in its self brightens my mood every time I see it. “She’s A Butterfly” reminds me of one of my little buddies, Mia, who earned her butterfly and angel wings last year. Her mom, one of my dearest friends, always thought of Mia as a butterfly. I know that Mia visits me, in the form of a butterfly, whenever I need her.

I also tend to think of “She’s A Butterfly” as my song. I know that may sound selfish and conceited, but I truly think it is a little about me. The line “Nothing's ever gonna bring her down. And everywhere she goes, everybody knows, she's so glad to be alive” is how I try to live my life. I try to stay positive and never let what people say get to me. If I listened to all the people who said I shouldn’t or couldn’t do something, I would not be where I am today. I am glad to be alive and will continueto live each day to the best of my ability. I will end this with the lyrics to “She’s A Butterfly” by Martina McBride.

She's a butterfly

She remembers when she first got her wings

And how she opened up the day she learned to sing

Then the colors came, erased the black and white

And her whole world changed when she realized



She's a butterfly, pretty asthe crimson sky

Nothing's ever gonna bring her down

And everywhere she goes

Everybody knows she's so glad to be alive

She's a butterfly



Like the purest light in a darkened world

So much hope inside such a lovely girl

You should see her fly, it's almost magical

It makes you wanna cry, she's so beautiful



She's a butterfly, pretty as the crimson sky

Nothing's ever gonna bring her down

And everywhere she goes

Everybody knows she's so glad to be alive

She's a butterfly



God bless the butterfly

Give her the strength to fly

Never let her wings touch the ground

God bless the butterfly

Give her the strength to fly

Never let her wings touch the ground



Oh, she's a butterfly, pretty as the crimson sky

Nothin's ever gonna bring her down

And everywhere she goes

Everybody knows she's so glad to be alive

She's a butterfly



God bless the butterfly

Give her the strength to fly

Never let her wings touch the ground

God bless the butterfly

Give her the strength to fly

Never let her wings touch the ground