My First Love Letter

Time to do a little jamming out in Meadow Lane Studios. Time once again to celebrate one of the many gifts that came from my marriage to the man whose name I am still proud to carry. These studios, this delicious space that is my home, continue on as an homage to the man who showed me what love looks like,  sounds like, and what it feels like -- magnificently. He brought me music, he brought me passion, he awoke the artist in me, and he loved me. 

When that love got taken away, it was hard -- but it made me discover the biggest gift of all. That was the invitation to find You. So this is my first Love Letter to you, Lea: wonderful, sweet, amazing woman that you are, I am so proud of you. So proud. You take my breath away. You inspire me. You show me what courage is. You show me what integrity is. And you are going to do such things. Such things. You already are.

I love you. You go girl.

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