The Power of Music

Music is a powerful thing. Everyone likes music—at least that's what I assume, but for some of us, music is as much a part of daily life as breathing. For people like us, one simple song can flood the heart and touch the soul, stirring a cauldron of emotions within. You can be changed forever by a song. I remember the song playing on the radio echoing through the empty house where I grew up, the day we moved out...Eye in the Sky by the Alan Parsons Project. R.E.M's Murmur was in the cassette deck of my 1983 Ford Escort the night I lost my virginity. I cried all the way home. Annie's Song by John Denver makes me believe in a love that will last forever—how lucky we would be to find someone who evokes that depth of emotion.

I very nearly had a singing career, but for whatever reason, God had other plans for me. I still sing every day. I sing for myself, I sing for my girls, and I used to kick ass at the local sports bar on Karaoke night. Small potatoes for a girl who has been on stage in Nashville. My love for country music is bittersweet. It's all I used to listen to until I got burned by the industry. I find myself softening to it again though. Country music has some of the most beautiful, meaningful lyrics in all the world. It feels like coming home after being away on a very long journey. I am thankful to have had it brought back into my life.

Music is divine. It touches the soul, it lifts you up, it brings you to tears. Music is a common thread that binds us all in the end, whether you feel a passion for it or not. True music lovers feel it...we feel it...way deep down in our very being. It is a part of who we are. Take away our music, and you take away the very air we breathe. Yes, music is a powerful thing indeed.