Thoughts

Dear World, I was digging through some demos, and I stumbled upon this old version of “Fall Alone”. When I released the “You’re Not Alone” EP in 2014, we decided on an upbeat version of this song and passed on the slower, more sentimental version. Maybe I’ve become...

Dear World, It has been too long! I don't know why I stopped writing. I think for the last few months I have been processing all of this and trying to make sense of it all. My conclusion is that it doesn't quite make sense. As a melancholic I often struggle with...

Dear World,  Dad had a business trip in North Carolina this week, so we took his perfectly clean CRV (as opposed to my less than perfectly clean CRV) and drove down to Burlington together to record the last four songs of my new album. I always feel fifteen when I...

Dear World, Plans. I write down in dark, black ink plans over a bright, pink planner to map out my week like its my own. The true thing is that life often comes and wrecks our perfectly laid out plans. Our stories often twist and turn in directions we hoped we never...

Dear World,  Last night I was looking up at the sky thinking and dreaming with only the company of two or three stars and an airplane (thanks Nashville light pollution), and I was just overwhelmed with gratitude and hope.  This fall and winter were easily...

Dear World, Fairy tales often involve forests. In these thick, dark places it is easy to lose heart, easy to lose hope, easy to forget your way. Life often involves forests too. There are times in life when self-doubt, fear, grief, confusion seem to hover over us like...

Dear World, There I was flipping through the channels in a Renaissance hotel in Newark, NJ bracing myself for a little sleep, an early morning, and a long day of travel afterwards. Suddenly my heart stops as my thumb clicks to CMT. Kevin Bacon is playing Ren McCormack...

Dear World, For the first time in fifteen years I am officially an independent artist. My record label and I parted ways this summer on perfectly peaceful terms. The employees in that building watched me grow up (literally), and I will be forever grateful for the...

Dear World, Thanksgiving Weekend I Facetimed with a young woman named Clare Byrne who founded a nonprofit in Uganda for children with disabilities called Imprint Hope. I had been following her on social media and was super impressed and interested in her story. After...

Dear World, Advent comes from the Latin word adventum which means coming. This coming is a promise that there is an end to the waiting that a great gift is coming, but sometimes we don't see much end in sight. Life can feel like one big waiting room. We wait for...