Life Is Good

Yes, I’m up at 3 o’clock in the morning again, but this time I’m not hunched over in pain, huddled in the hottest bath water ever (to dull that pain without Vicodin and conquer the chills), have my head in the toilet, or sobbing on the living room floor (wanting to enter the gates of […]

In other great news, this guy played two games of Catan with me today. He’s a good boy.

Two years ago, I went to Nashville with a friend to record “Turmoil” and “Weep.” I’ve talked about this before, but while we were there, we went to Belmont University and walked around the campus in the snow. I used to be envious of people that got to go to college. I didn’t have the […]

Two loads of laundry Finished rough draft of song #12 Mostly finished rough draft of song #13 Organized my music studio Picked the first bouquet of the year All in all: a good day, I’d say.

Remember how I was growing out my hair (letting it go grey) because I was sick of dyeing it, and the girl at the salon said it would take a year to accomplish, “use purple shampoo,” blah blah blah? After the past month that I’ve had, I decided that while my body feels like it’s […]

Midnight (New York time): official release of “Open Road” 4:00 a.m. – Got a lot done on one of my compositions 9:00 a.m. – Started a brand-new delightful piano student 1:30 p.m. – More piano students 5:30 p.m. – Red Robin for french fries, I mean, a burger 7:00 p.m. – Fred Meyer for Häagen-Dazs […]

Facebook: “In honor of your birthday this week, Marie, why don’t you set up a charity in your name? We will do all the work and waive the fee.” Me: “Uh…big, fat NOPE. How about I celebrate all month with friends and family like I always do—phone calls, presents, games, going out to eat, maybe […]

Georg Friedrich Händel wrote Messiah in 24 days which I find amazing. I guess I better get going if I want to write a bunch more songs before I die. Then again, Georg probably accomplished this amazing feat because he didn’t spend the Christmas season eating too many sweets or New Year’s Day in his […]

After praise-team practice a few weeks ago, a couple of the bandmates and I were standing out in the parking lot. “Rolly and Dan,” I said to the drummer and bass player as Ken (the sound guy and husband ) looked on, “I have a song coming out tonight. Make sure you listen to it […]

At church this morning, the praise band played “Forever Changed.” It’s a surreal thing to be in the congregation and sing along to something I created (along with Dallas Jack and Ali Nicole Munoz). I don’t know if you remember or not, but this was my first co-write. It’s not like we haven’t done this […]