| After
a long hiatus from a music career, it is so good to be back
with my first solo CD in the Christian Pop venue. I
started out as a young pop singer in my last year of college
in Boston with a great band which broke up before it had a chance
to be famous, went to New York City for a short time, was in
another great band which broke up right before signing a record
deal. I then decided to seek my fortune in LA where I was always
a working singer. I made my living as a lead singer in a number
of bands, all good, never famous, sang back-up for several famous
people but never found fame myself, sang commercials, hoping
to be one of the “in” people who work a lot, make
lots of money and are famous but that didn’t happen. I
wrote a lot of songs, some of them good but no hits.
At which point, (you’re thinking fame and
fortune seem to be the only thing on this girl’s mind)
I decided to pray about what to do. I just wasn’t happy
and didn’t seem to be going anywhere. My answer came
in the form of falling in love, getting married and raising
a family, which was always a life goal. I poured myself whole-heartedly
into being a wife and mother, devoting myself more to God
and church-related duties. And I just walked away from both
singing and writing.
Of course, life-challenges came along….
lots of them, including physical illness, financial and relationship
problems. I turned to God for spiritual healing, as I have
been taught from a child. Sometimes I had to pray for what
seemed a really long time for the healings to come. But my
efforts to know God better as ever-present Love were met with
success, and many of the healing solutions came to me in the
form of songs…..the songs on my CD. I never intended
doing a CD after being away from singing and playing professionally
for @ 12 years, but it became increasingly important to me
to share this music with others in the hope that the message
of God’s great love for us all would bring the same
kind of healing to others that it has for me. Needless to
say, fame and fortune just don’t enter the equation
here. This is my chance to thank God for all the blessings
I and my family have received and give back. So, with a grateful
heart, I share the songs of “You Are Loved” with
you.
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