
I can't have a blog and NOT write about the death of Michael Jackson. He quite literally shaped my childhood. So many people say this, I know. But I was absolutely in love with Michael Jackson. I was in fourth grade when his Thriller album came out. I became obsessed with him. As my older sister could tell you, I had nearly 200 pictures of him...most of them posted on my wall. I would kiss each one before I went to bed. I got a brand new winter jacket and wrote his name all over it with a red marker.....I wrote his name on everything...including my training bra...seriously got in trouble for that one. My dad was a high school basketball referee and one Friday night I showed up with Michaels name all over me....that got back to my dad and I was in trouble. I was just a weird little girl who was obsessed with Michael Jackson. I bought a book from my "weekly reader" in elementary school that was about his childhood. My friend Andrea and I read the book together on recess and we were bawling. We had read that Michael had no friends and was lonely.....that just haunted me and I cried for him....and for me, now that I think back on it. His music made me dream. I dreamed about music...it was in my head all the time. I stopped dreaming a couple years later...maybe around 8th grade. I started to try and fit in a little more. I stopped singing at the top of my lungs and I stopped dressing like Cyndi Lauper....I thought that would make me happier. But it never did. Finally, at age 28, I started to dream again...only because my life had become so sad. I began writing the music in my mind...and I became a little weird again (and happy again).....Hallelujah! Thank you Michael Jackson for your positive contribution to this world of ours.



. My passion is telling my story and telling the stories of others who have come into my life through music. My first CD “Something Wonderful” was released in December, 2007. That specific collection of songs was inspired heavily by my own story as a young mother dealing with the challenges so many women are up against today. I feel so fortunate to have pulled through that period of my life. I know it was only by the grace of God that my family is intact and thriving. Because I am often lifted when I learn about how others have dealt with similar issues I have faced, I wanted to make my story accessible for anyone who is led to my website. If you click on “my story” at the top…you can read all about it. If you’re just here for the music, feel free to listen as long as you’d like. I’ll be posting new music as it comes along.
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