Wow. Three and a half years and not a peep. Today would be added to the 1,271.35 heap of days also, except for the persistent throb in my heart and the 100% know to GO.

As I got back on this site and reviewed my last few posts, I read through the sad one with the bloom and this part that applied to today:

I catch glimpses of time to sing or learn an instrument or do the many other things I’ve back-burnerd or thrown out. But, I can’t help but wonder, if I could do without them then, why devote time to them now? I’ve never felt that way about singing though. That dream never leaves me.

I don’t know where those glimpses of time went, those have left me! But that dream, that dream to sing still never leaves me. Only, to call it a dream feels too small.

So, I’m about to do something I don’t know how to do and I’m going to journey with you here as I go. Early last year I was introduced to a song that said it perfectly (Thanks NF=)). So without further ado, I’d like to introduce my, my, my, my….. my album.

It’s a bit early to use that line because the reality is it’s more of an announcement of a beginning than of a completion, but it’s about you and I wanted you to know sooner than later.

Really, it’s about you. When I sing, I feel God’s love for you. I want you to feel that too. That is what is driving this bigger than a dream beginning.

As the go-ahead-and-get-started-already was festering in me, I realized I needed something tangible to track my progress. I’ve never recorded an album before . . . and I’ve never played the guitar. Learning the guitar could be my meter. So, I asked my husband to teach me. He tuned the guitar we bought our son in second grade and we sat down together. As I tried to form a chord, I was starting to believe that maybe some bodies are just not meant to play guitar. My kinked fingers felt so awkward and the coordination felt so not very likely. But, I was doing something I’d never done before. By the end of the night my husband and I alternated chords so that together, we could play a song.

The next day I learned a new chord and realized that with three chords, I could play a song on my own, even if very rough! So, here’s to doing new things a little at a time. =)