Category Archives: Life

Planning for Chaos

Easter Sunday, I got to lead the Choir singing, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”. It was beautiful. I was grateful to make it through the whole arrangement without crying. On the last verse, I could tell I was shaking … Continue reading

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I Have Energy!

Yesterday was the first day since my surgery, that I have felt good, and feel like I’m back to normal! The surgery I had was on my nose (a Nasal Septum Reconstruction and cleaning out of the turbinates….) I have … Continue reading

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My deadline

It was 4:30. My mother in law told me that she thought the post office closed at 5. I was literally shaking as I made the final edits to the sheet music. I saved all the sheet music as separate … Continue reading

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In My Cave

I used to read about composers that would lock themselves in their study and work all day. Day and night composing music, hardly coming up to eat, sleep or shower. Though most people would think that was insane, I’ve sometimes … Continue reading

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About wanting things

I have continued to work on my musical this last week. My goal was to finish the rewriting of my script by the end of February so that I could focus on finishing up the songs, and recording them in … Continue reading

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A long time ago…

When my husband and I first met, my husband was enrolled in a ballroom dance class. Naturally I was impressed, and thought that meant that he enjoyed dancing. Of course, I should have known that mostly it was just so … Continue reading

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O Lord, My Redeemer

This year my mother-in-law offered to watch the kids for me once a week for just a couple of hours. It sounded like a heavenly idea. The first week we were all sick, and the second week, I had to … Continue reading

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My day at the Mall

Since the beginning of this week was a holiday, I thought it would be fun to take the kids to the mall. I hardly ever do that- I’m just really not a shopper. We gave my oldest son a gift … Continue reading

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A new choir song

Our Ward Conference is next Sunday. Even though our Choir is supposed to sing, I canceled Choir last week because I was sick. I tried to find some music that someone else could lead for me while I was gone, … Continue reading

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Living in the Moment

Oh, it feels so good to not be sick anymore! I always feel so invigorated as the New Year begins, and this year (starting sick), seemed to take some of the wind out of my sails. Still, this week, I … Continue reading

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