After Cindy left us for a truly greater life last summer, it took a while for the dust to settle and adjust to having no life partner to come home to. I am entering the time of life where "doing things that matter" is a pretty important priority. Gary North says that our "calling" is that thing which we can do, in which we would be the hardest to replace. Considering those qualifiers, I believe that songwriting is part of that equation. So it continues...
So... back to writing and storytelling. I haven't taken songwriting seriously for a few years. When Cindy, my late wife was undergoing the surgery that confirmed she had cancer a little over six years ago, I decided to pick the guitar back up and begin writing. I did that sporadically for a couple of years, writing quirky alternative rock "message" songs. Finally, I put it back down because the things that a lovely but dying wife required just didn't allow for it.
After Cindy left us for a truly greater life last summer, it took a while for the dust to settle and adjust to having no life partner to come home to. I am entering the time of life where "doing things that matter" is a pretty important priority. Gary North says that our "calling" is that thing which we can do, in which we would be the hardest to replace. Considering those qualifiers, I believe that songwriting is part of that equation. So it continues...
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