The episode itself had a profound message to deliver about the right and wrong decisions we've all made that we don't want our children to repeat. It was really driven home with the song, "I Hope You Dance". It'a an amazing episode...definitely my favorite of the series! It IS a tearjerker, but definitely not in the bad sense of the word. The one wish in every mother's heart is that her child/children don't repeat her mistakes. There are so many lessons to be learned in life, and we all have to make our own way. Oh I miss this show...