Blessed With A Life I Never Expected

Music has a strange way of connecting people, changing people, helping them to grow..... I remember growing up my Dad would always laugh and look at me when the song "You're Gonna Miss This" would come on. He knew that someday I would, and I didn't believe him...not one bit. I haven't lived in Texas in over 8 years. But every single time, I get ready to go to Texas for a visit, it doesn't matter if I am driving or flying, if I have my radio on it is going to come on. It has every time over the past 8 years. When the trip is over and I get to the airport, if I didn't hear it in the car on the way or sometime that day, it's the first thing I put on once I am past security. "You're Gonna Miss This." Music makes me grow deeper in my faith and in my relationships. It doesn't matter if it is NF singing Therapy Session, Little Wayne, George Straight, or Beethoven. Music makes us slow down and listen. Listen to the words or feel the beat. It ...

It was an October day... When they dropped you off at my house A bag of clothes and your teddy bear The day it was suddenly real. In 2015, a musical was performed on Broadway and it took the musical theater world by storm: "Dear Evan Hansen". If you haven't heard of it you should stop what you are doing (yes, even reading this) and head over to YouTube ( https://youtu.be/h9rf5wFq3zk ). Ok, now that we got that out of the way we can continue. Dear Evan Hansen is the story of Evan, a high school student who struggles with anxiety. His counselor tells him to write a letter to himself. "Dear Evan Hansen, Today is going to be a good day." He goes to school with the letter in his hand only to get it taken away by another student, Connor, who has many problems of his own. That morning when Connor and his mom, dad, and sister were all getting ready for school and he gets into an argument with his mom about going to school, all because he was high. The next day...