And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
By our Heavenly Father and only because of God, only because of God. We're like other couples. We do not get along perfectly; we do not go without arguments and, as I call them, fights, and heartache and pain and hurting each other. But a marriage is three of us.
For the next approximately three years, I have got Nathan to take care of. I know that once he graduates from high school, he will be off doing whatever it is he is going to be doing - probably playing ice hockey.
I am loving being Momma. I really, really am.
I am not saying that I'm happy about what's going on right now in our nation, but I am at peace and I am comforted because I know that He's on the throne. That is good enough for me.
I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me.
I don't know where God is leading us. I just know that He opens doors and He closes the doors, and it is always the best for us.
I had a really serious head injury. I don't know the meaning of any of this. I don't know the whys and wherefores.
I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.
I think it was 37 years that I did music.
It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
No, we were very much in love, and we very much wanted to get married. I very much had to graduate from high school first.
That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.
That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.
We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us.
When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.
In 1984, Barbara and two of her children were involved in a horrific accident in which the driver of the other car was killed. Though her children were unhurt, Barbara suffered extensive injuries. She had a severe head injury (which required several days in intensive care), a broken right leg, a broken right ankle, a damaged right knee and numerous cuts and bruises. Her rehabilitation lasted nearly 18 months.
Among Barbara's many awards are two consecutive reigns as CMA's "Entertainer of the Year" (1980, 1981), two "Female Vocalist of the Year" awards (1979, 1981), nine "People's Choice" awards for "Favorite Female Country Music Vocalist", the "Living Legend Award" given only to entertainers who have been in the business at least 25 years, the "Tex Ritter Award", and a Grammy award for "Best Inspirational Album of the Year".
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