I was very shy growing up and did not feel like I fit anywhere. I was not popular by any stretch of the imagination. Quiet, introspective, and driven were just a few of the adjectives I would describe myself as. It felt like I had trouble expressing myself properly as well. Being misunderstood was an
Tag: Music
Let me clear something up and be clear simultaneously: I do not have it all together. I have together. The people who know me best could tell you this better than I, but they will not. The people who know me best are my chosen family. I cannot hide what I am feeling from my
Music is a very visceral experience for me. Before I became a fan of Zac Brown Band, I knew who they were. Being a lifelong Georgian, you cannot not know who Zac Brown Band are. I thought they were talented. I did not get the band until the first single off Jekyll and Hyde. Hearing
The last two days have been a refresher in the importance of telling people how you feel about them every chance you get for me. Being an avid fan of the musical rent, I should not need the reminder. Walking through everything I walked through last year, with my immediate family and personally, I should
Today is the birthday of the man who is my first memory of singing along to a song and knowing who the artist was: the legendary Willie Nelson. What is the song you ask? Georgia on my Mind. I was just over two years old at the time. Mama was a fan of Willie’s music
Creativity is essential for every writer, blogger, content creator, musical artist, or artist. I want to share with you all how I keep my creativity front and center. Writing two blog posts a week and creating seven videos a week for this blog’s Instagram requires my creativity is constantly flowing. To be honest, when I
Growing up mama and I listened to music constantly. Listening to music and singing along is still something we love to do together. We always will. We listened to the radio, often, in both vehicles and at home. One day as a kid a song came on that sounded like nothing I had heard before
I have been feeling uninspired lately. That is hard for me to admit. Inspiration is so important for the work I do now that being honest about feeling uninspired feels a little uncomfortable to say the least. Being honest is also important in the work I do so I just I’m going to be honest.
In early 2008, I was in the mall and decided to go in the music store. Once in the door I heard a voice I wanted to know more about immediately. An album was playing over the speaker, and I loved the voice. I asked the employee at the counter if he knew who was
If you’ve been following for a while, you know that the last six weeks or so has been hard in my family. While things are looking up, we’ve still got some hard stuff to walk through. Music always helps me process my feelings and work through them. I have been listening to an awful lot