Some days memories don’t just visit me, they flood in like they’ve been waiting just beneath the surface. A song in a grocery store. A smell in a hallway. A random object sitting in my house that suddenly transports me somewhere else entirely. Before I know it, I’m no longer standing in the present. I’m everywhere I’ve ever been. I find myself thinking about the people who are no longer here. Not just remembering them, but missing them in a way that feels physical, like somet

It started with one bill. Just one. Nothing dramatic on paper. Nothing that should have changed everything. But something about it hit differently than it should have. And it sent me into a spiral. A quiet one at first. Then heavier. Then familiar. That sinking feeling. The shutdown. The sense of everything piling up at once until I couldn’t hold it all in anymore. Before I knew it, I was back in a place I know too well. Depression. Isolation. Loud music. Silence from the wor

I know I have been pretty absent lately when it comes to blogging, music posts, podcasts, bracelets, and honestly just life in general. The past month has been rough in ways I didn’t expect. Most of my energy has gone into helping my son through some really intense health anxiety. First it was high heart rates, then low heart rates, and suddenly we were spending days going back and forth to hospitals, doctors, tests, and trying to find reassurance anywhere we could. Watching

Because the moment Mick hit the stage, none of that mattered anymore.

Why I started this journey.

Your dream just out of reach

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I am in it fr the music

Last night, I stood front row at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, watching Shinedown, Bush, and Morgan Wade light up the stage.

We have to remember who we ar

It wasn't just a moment of being fan.

Bard Arnold of 3 Doors Down

And this night? It reminded me all over again: the music is still in me. It never left.

Music is what makess me, me

Music saved me

My expexperice booking Mic Blankeship

This is my journey and you are coming along for the ride

Holidays feel empty,the music has faded

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Seeing my kids facelight up when the Jonas Brors took the stageth