Music is my Life

As I sit here and watch the finale of So You Think You Can Dance, the song " Unchained Melody" came on. It got me to remember, I have never seen that movie. Along with a lot of other classic movies.. but thats really not the point to my blog tonight... ( although we dont want to get on the list of movies I havent seen, because you will flip.. I mean really flip! )
My point is no matter if music is a part of your life or not, you will always have music to remind you of important times in your life. Everyone knows music is my life. So everything important step in my life was set to music. From my first solo in church, all the way to the song that now belongs to Ramon and I. To the first song I wrote and sang in church. And the song I sang at the Pioneer Festival to win 100.00. I may not remember every song or solo but if I have a memory, I attach a song a long with it.
One of the most amazing memories I have is being in 5th grade. We were at Boones Creek Camp and we were sitting on logs that they had made into benches or more or less just logs, on top of a hill and the song was " Seek Ye First " the slower church version. And my heart jumped. I started singing and my signing turned into crying. I remember closing my eyes and and praying and looking up to the sky with my arms up saying God, is this what you want? You want me? I prayed that prayer right there. For him to come into my heart and for me to be saved. I was so lost in that song and that moment, that pure moment. I will NEVER forget that for as long I shall live. ( Not to mention that the night after when I met with our counselor to make it official, I was sitting on a toilet with frogs on it. And also during the baptism, I fell in the water before I was baptized. It was quite funny )
But its those moments. Such as when my son was born. It was Dec 11 and I of course had to have an emergency c-section. So they were playing Mixmas on in the OR. As soon as I get numb and the doctor goes to start. the song " I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" came on. And my doctor starts signing the song. I remember thinking, that doc is down there basically in me getting this baby out and he is really just not whistling or humming but singing this song. Good thing he knew he what he was doing! And guess what ornament we have on our tree? Yup a hippopotamus singing that song. It still cracks me up to that day but it takes me back to me on that table and hearing and seeing my boy for the very first time. So it doenst even have to be a moving song to make a memory for you. 
The next one was years later. It was 2008. I was going through a very tough divorce after being cheated on. Of course I turned to God and music. Natalie Grant had just released a song called "Held." As soon as I heard it, I couldnt stop crying. Our minister of music had asked me to sing a special during the morning worship service. I automatically knew the song I wanted to sing. See, every time I get a chance to sing and its my choice, it is def a song that I can put my emotion in and put my life experiences in. Thats what I want to portray to my audience and to God. To him goes all the glory. He is the one that gives me the passion and the talent to do this. Back to the song, the song basically says no matter what we go through, God has promised that we would be held. And thats what he was doing to me the whole time, he was holding me . After sining that song, I had so many people come up and compliment me but most of all they said they felt like that song was made for me. And I would just say, God did it, not me. Im glad I can use my talent to get through to people. That song will always get me when I hear it.
Music Part 2  Will Continue Tomorrow....until then=)