Wow. Where did all the time go? When I think back to my last entry, I realize how much I have changed and how much my life has changed. Time has a way of doing that. My greatest hurdle this past year was losing my grandfather to cancer a few months ago. He was the first of my four grandparents to die and that took some serious getting used to. I'm still not used to it but at least I don't cry every time I think of his wonderful bald head and how it felt to plant a kiss on it. My grandma makes me the saddest, seeing her lonliness. She looks at his picture all the time and remembers things that made life with him so special. I miss him.
The project took longer due to various things. But I read something my producer wrote once. He said, "I ask that your work be honorable and that we could create something in which we will both be proud. Let's forget about the clock and meeting our deadlines and let's get it right and please God". That pretty much sums up our freedom to just take our time and let this project happen at God's pace, not our own. I think all the extra time was worth it. I'm really happy with how the songs sound and can't wait for you to hear it. We still have to get it mastered and duplicated. But there's a light at the end of that oh-so-long tunnel.
On a personal level, God just keep chipping away at this life of mine, making it all He wants it to be. I don't usually like it but it seems to fit me after I get used to it. I am growing in ways I never dreamed possible musically. I have met so many incredible musicians in the past month. I know those people are going to be a part of something wonderful God is doing in my life.
I could never find words to tell you how much your e-mails mean to me. They make me laugh, make me cry and I never get tired of hearing your heart.
Thank you for all that you say to make me better.