{"id":1314072,"date":"2019-08-28T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T19:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1811203"},"modified":"2019-08-28T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T19:51:19","slug":"the-inevitable-road-trip-tim-mcgraw-had-to-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/the-inevitable-road-trip-tim-mcgraw-had-to-take\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inevitable Road Trip Tim McGraw Had to Take"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 50m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Sure, Tim McGraw<\/a> is singing now<\/em>. That\u2019s because he\u2019s on a cross-country road trip with his daughter Gracie.<\/p>\n

But what about that journey home without her? Then what? My guess: less singing, more weeping.<\/p>\n

When you have kids, you know that one day, they will leave. And you\u2019re happy for them. But I\u2019m here to tell you that the journey back after the final drop off \u2014 on a flight alone, in a car alone, or anywhere else that you are and they are not \u2014 is pretty brutal. Even the lonely ride back down the elevator after saying goodbye to my youngest daughter in Austin, Texas nearly broke my heart.<\/p>\n

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So when McGraw recently posted a sweet front-seat singalong with Gracie, belting out the 1981 duet from Barbra Streisand the Barry Gibb \u201cWhat Kind Of Fool,\u201d and everyone was in awe of her pipes and his background vocals, I was bracing for reality.<\/p>\n

And this is it.<\/p>\n

Gracie has moved to Los Angeles to pursue her own kind of music. So now that the 28-hour drive that most likely took father and daughter through Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California is over, things are about to get real. For everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of wild that Nashville has been my home base for my whole life but it never really felt like home to me,\u201d she admitted on Instagram a week ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cTomorrow I start my journey to the big LA baby!!! Even though it feels as if I\u2019ve been living there these past two years already, it all seems surreal that it\u2019s actually happening, I\u2019m actually moving. Nashville, TN wouldn\u2019t feel like home without the people. Other than family, to me, my friends are my home. I couldn\u2019t have asked for better people in my life and I can\u2019t believe how lucky I\u2019ve been to be able to love the people I love, and man do I love my people! Last night my friends threw me a little send off and I tried so hard not to cry because. This move isn\u2019t an ending it\u2019s a beginning!<\/p>\n

\u201cAs hard as it is to leave my friends here, I don\u2019t feel sad. This is a start of a journey where I can actually care about myself and do things for ME!! I\u2019ve never been that person and honestly it\u2019s very scary but I\u2019m so proud of myself. I\u2019ve never been able to say that and really believe it. Without my people I wouldn\u2019t believe in myself, so thank you for believing in me. I love you all so much. Thank you. You mean the world to me. See you soon new home!! Also!! Thanks to my b @angelinacastillopho for this photo where I actually felt like the POWERFUL woman I AM!! Let\u2019s get it!!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Obviously, we all want the best for the eldest McGraw daughter. But right now, my thoughts and prayers are with her dad and mom Faith Hill<\/a>, who are one step closer to the empty nest that is so quiet it\u2019s almost deafening.<\/p>\n

Gracie, who was born in 1997, has two younger sisters, Maggie and Audrey.<\/p>\n

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