Hugs are always great! [laughing] I know you’re a runner. When you run, do you ever just pause and just say, “Wow. That’s God.”
Oh, my God. Today, it was after I finished my five-mile run! [laughing] It was freezing! It was 32°. The wind was brutal. It was the hilliest run ever. And you know, I just started back running after I had my son. I was really lazy last year. I think I was kind of beat up after I had my son. It was really great. I had a new single coming out at the beginning of last year. Everything was right on track. And then after I had my son, they pulled the single. And then I found myself sitting still more. And those rancid Girl Scouts came around with those cookies.
Oh, my! [laughing] Those thin mints are irresistible.
I’m going to smack a Girl Scout! [laughing] I’m gonna whoop them with my big ol’ hips that they built! [laughing] But, nah, I got real lazy. So I just started back running today — no, no, not today. I’m sorry. Today was my long run. I started running on the 5th of January, is when I started back. So today is the first day of the fourth week in a row that I’ve been running. I’m trying to run six days a week.
I think there’s been several moments where — and again, you have to take a minute to look up and not focus on the panting — to realize what’s around you. Today was a beautiful run. We ran by Alan Jackson’s house — which is a beautiful sight — but across the street from him is a bunch of farmland. And my running coach was like, “That always reminds me of those kids games.” It was like a big farm with the fence all the way around it and a big, red barn in the background. I was like, “Yeah, that’s pretty cool.”
So I think moments like that, when I get to enjoy nature. Or I may witness someone helping somebody else. Like I’m running through a town and somebody drops a grocery and somebody helps pick them up. That’s a kindness that’s always . . . I always stand back and go, “Wow. That’s great. Just awesome.” It could happen at any moment.
When you look over your career, is there one particular obstacle that you are proud to have overcome?
My record label [laughing]. That could be it! [laughing] The biggest obstacle? There is one specific obstacle, but there’s several. In life, you’ve just kind of gotta figure your way around.
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