Life Is Good

I have a photo shoot tomorrow (so I can have some updated photos for my CD cover). The last time I had professional pictures taken was in 2016. The days leading up to the photo shoot usually cause me all kinds of anxiety. I may or may not have consumed a few chocolate bars and […]

Had so much fun jamming with these two tonight. I’m throwing a concert together and since I don’t have enough of my own songs, they helped me pick out additional music. Good times.

Thirty-one years of marriage with this guy and it just keeps getting better. Celebrating in Nashville with a few more music recordings (like I mentioned yesterday). Yeah, I know, I know…I was only going to do one song. Thanks for everything, Ken. Can we come back here soon, like really, really soon…. uh, I mean […]

That glorious moment when you are on your way to Wendy’s for french fries and a Frosty (because you need to kill an hour before your recording session) and you realize you are a within a block of Vui’s Vietnamese restaurant. I may or may not have jumped up and down for joy in their […]

Today marks twelve years since my “advanced cancer” diagnosis. Twelve years. I still can’t believe it. I’ve done a lot of living since April 3, 2020 (when this picture was taken): camping, road trips, a wedding, recording a song in Nashville and being in an official music video, a return to hiking after a long […]

Yesterday, I walked around the Belmont University’s campus in the snow. I used to be envious of people that got to go to college. I didn’t have the money for that. I don’t have those feelings anymore. I married a great guy, have three amazing children, fulfilled my lifelong dream of writing a book (actually […]

I cannot believe it’s been five years since I went on my cancer blog and posted the words, “I was sexually abused.” [https://www.cancerisafunnything.com/letter-21-to-my….] Somehow, saying those words publicly, without shame, made the healing begin in earnest. Now, I’m going to Nashville in four short days to record two more songs about this icky part of […]

Facebook: “In honor of your birthday this week, Marie de Haan, 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 with food and games, instead, and […]

I just found out that I’m going to Nashville, Tennessee, next month and having my song recorded professionally by a producer who has worked with Keith-freaking-Urban and several members from the show “Nashville.” When this picture was taken back in April, 2019—when my song was first performed locally—I never dreamed that anything like this was […]