hope.

My friend Amy let her world know about Eva a week or so ago on Facebook. I want to let my world know about this beautiful person too.

My last job was working for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (with Amy). We planned and managed special events to raise money for the Foundation. We also were blessed to get to know the amazing souls with CF and the strong friends and family behind them.

Eva's words and story pull at the bottom of my heart.
Eva posted this video on February 11
She has been in my thoughts each day since I watched that video with Andrew, tears streaming down both our faces.

Eva makes me want to be a better person and to wake up each day in full appreciation of life and love. Eva is teaching me so many things. I hope somehow she knows that.

CF'rs, as we called them in the office, are angels on earth. Please read Eva's words and pass along the hope.

love.
.

oh sunny day!

OH you beautiful sun you.

It was gorgeous today. Sunny, almost 50 degrees & clear skies.

We HAD to get out to the mountains.

Since going on a hike was out of the question we stopped by one of our favorite back roads and took a little walk.

(before all this we had to make a pit stop at the Dollar Tree and buy some sunglasses. Some really cool sunglasses that you can only find at the Dollar Tree.)

Try not to be intimidated.

I needed this walk and this sun so very bad (see above).

And we took some pretty pictures.

here you go:

Hope you enjoyed your Sunday Funday.

:)

happy as a clam

Last night was amazing.

I feel like I just found a secret music society in Staunton.

EVERYONE was so talented. I have never enjoyed myself so much at an open mic.

So excited about what's next. (what is next? i don't know.)

thank you

laura

mickey

andrew

cody

liz

angie

emmy

you being there meant the world to me.

mic check, one two one two

I'm going to sing at the Open Mic Night here tomorrow night.

:) woo hoo! I'll let you know how it goes.

Happy Valentine's Day

"If you're really listening--if you're awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break, it's purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold evermore wonder." ~Andrew Harvey

Quote and many other blessings found here.

This is what dropping off a demo CD makes me feel like:

My stomach flips.

I sweat.

I tell myself how silly this is.

I sweat.

I scrunch my face up.

I sweat.

I recite "what other people think of me is none of my business" 1000 times in my head.

I sweat.

I go through every horrible bad scenario possible.

I sweat.

I walk into the resturaunt, find the bartendar, say my schpeal, drop off the CD and take a HUGE sigh of relief. It's over. Until next time....

I went out last week and dropped off a few CD's in my new town. I'm trying to get out there. I'm trying to push myself. It's not going to happen by sitting on a farm (although, I have to say, the horses love it when I sing to them. I think they would book me.)

Baby steps.

(ps. I've got some music up here if you wanna take a listen)

this song heals me.

i'm happy it popped onto my computer tonight.