I’ll have to admit, since I got laid off, it’s been hard to keep a regular schedule. I think, like many people, until your life has some stability, it’s hard to look into the future and concentrate on the things that bring you joy. Even though you have all the time in the world to work on things, sometime you just can’t get yourself motivated to get things done. And that is a normal reaction to to what is going on all around us.

As I return to this musical journey and look back at how I got to this place in my life, I can’t help but think of the people that influenced me on my path. All my musical “butterflies” that influenced this journey. The funny thing is that none of the people that influenced me have a clue what they said or did, but in many ways it was just them being themselves and sharing about their life’s journey that triggered what would be a monumental change in the way I walk through the world once everything started to come together.

It’s hard to believe the last time I sang on stage was 2004. There was a time that you couldn’t get me off of one. But life seems to sometimes get in the way of our dreams and passions for “real world” demands and obligations.