For My Children's Sake" is a 14-song set that features original music I have been writing and arranging for this project. The title cut "For My Children's Sake" was conceived from a dream about our world's tumultuous state. The question in my mind was, "What will it be like in one hundred years?".
"This Old House" is a song that reflects on memories of a well-lived-in home revisited in its abandoned state many years later.
"Looking for Suzanne," one of three cover songs on this album, written by award-winning songwriter Tricia Walker reminds us of the hurry-up world we live in with telling lyrics like "when there are pieces of our lives left unattended then the scars of broken hearts go unmended."
In an R&B groove, "Salvation Day" asks the poignant question: "Is this going to be your salvation day?"
"How Beautiful the Earth" is a song I wrote during a photo shoot for a painting I was doing at the time. The lyrics kept going through my mind, "how beautiful the earth, like a diamond in the universe." It was one of those songs that came easy. I arranged this song with minimal instrumentation and a natural nature sound effect in the background by Rick Armstrong. In stark contrast, the song "When Love Starts Talking," by a country rocker made popular by Wynonna Judd, says in a contemporary way, "to be still and know that I am God." I love the lyrics and vibe of this song and think you will love the songs on this album. My prayer is that it will bless you and lift you.
