As I go to sleep among the twinkling stars,

I talk to ashes in a jar.

Ashes that once taught me how to drive a car.

Ashes that comforted me when I was afraid of the dark.

I tell the ashes all of my sorrows.

I tell the ashes my hopes and fears for tomorrow.

Ashes that once, i...

When I first became a songwriter, I had very kind people trying to help me with marketing.  They told me that hashtags were crucial when trying to be noticed by online social circles.  I thought to myself, "Cool, I just need to put a symbol in front of my words, and I...

I cannot write about just anybody.  My blog is highly important to me, for it is the forum I use to uncover discoveries I have made on the road to self actualization; therefore, I only include people that I believe are helping mankind and show traits of approaching the...

I see many videos by various musicians on singer/songwriter sites.  Sometimes I get a chance to listen, and I am oftentimes pleased with what I hear.  Though I may enjoy the song, it does not always evoke a physical response from me.  On a rare occasion, I will hear a...

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

        -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -

When I was a little girl, my parents bought Prince's album Purple Rain.  I would sit in front of the stereo with head phones on my he...

A dove is symbolic of many things.  Oftentimes, it is synonymous with peace, but it is also a representative of motherhood because it can manufacture its own milk.  Tamanie Dove, founder of the International Singer Songwriters Association, has the most fitting name bec...

Bad asses have been around since the beginning of time.  There have been bad ass animals like the Tyrannosaurus Rex, bad ass historical figures like George Washington, bad ass scientists like Albert Einstein, and bad ass fictional movie characters like Rambo.  Just lik...

As a child I remember my siblings telling me, "Na na a boo boo, stick your head in doo doo!"  It usually occurred when I was chasing them and was never able to catch them.  I always got the feeling of not being fast enough or good enough at what ever game we were playi...