Music!

It has been a source of encouragement for me all my life, but especially in the hard seasons, like cancer and after losing our son, Jacob.

I remember sitting in the hospital bed, weary of the cancer treatment back in 1998, tears streaming down my face, as I sang the lyrics to a song we sang in church, Dennis Jernigan’s “You are my all in all”. To this day, that is a cherished memory from an otherwise bleak time in my life.

Then, fast forward to 2015, and our world was rocked by The Accident. We lost our youngest son, Jacob, in a drunk driving accident. We almost lost our oldest son, Caleb, but God spared him. (Thank you, Jesus!) And once again, music began vital to processing life for me.

I was going through some old files a while back and came across a short playlist I’d created shortly afterward: