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Sunday, May 24, 2026

A Wedding Day Message From A Mother in Heaven

I wrote and produced A Mother's Wedding Blessing from Heaven on May 20th, 2026, as part of my continuing wedding series collection of original songs and lyrics.

Over time, I've wanted this collection to reflect not only the joy and celebration surrounding weddings, but also the deeper emotions that so often exist quietly beneath the surface. Weddings are filled with love, hope, memories, family traditions, and sometimes heartbreak, too.

This particular song was inspired by daughters who are preparing for one of the most important days of their lives without their mother physically beside them.

I had previously written a song honoring fathers who had passed who would not be present for a wedding day, but I kept thinking about the mother-daughter bond and how uniquely deep that relationship can be. For many women, their mother is the person they imagined helping them choose a dress, calming their nerves, sharing tears of joy, and witnessing the beginning of a new chapter.

When that presence is missing, the loss can feel overwhelming.

With this song, I wanted to create something that could bring comfort during those moments. Here's the song as posted on the Lyrics About Life Facebook page.

Maybe it's played privately while getting ready for the ceremony. Maybe it becomes part of a bridal shower playlist, a quiet tribute during a wedding weekend, or simply a song a bride listens to alone when she needs to feel close to her mother again.

More than anything, I wanted the song to carry reassurance.

The heart of the message is that a mother's love does not disappear. In the lyrics, the mother watches over her daughter throughout the wedding journey. She sees the choices she's making, the emotions she's carrying, and the woman she has become.

One of the most important ideas I wanted to express is that every mother hopes for her daughter's happiness above all else. No mother wishes hardship upon her child. Deep down, every mother wants her daughter to find her own version of a fairy-tale ending: a life filled with love, safety, and happiness.

That thought became the emotional center of the song.

I also included reflections on childhood, because weddings often bring back memories of growing up, moments that suddenly feel close again. A wedding day can remind someone not only of who they are becoming, but also of where they came from and who helped shape them.

To every daughter experiencing this kind of loss, my heart truly goes out to you.

I hope A Mother's Wedding Blessing from Heaven brings even a small measure of peace and comfort, and reminds you that love does not end simply because someone is no longer physically here. On a day as meaningful as your wedding day, the bond between a mother and daughter can still be deeply felt in the quietest moments.

Sometimes love stays beside us in ways we cannot see, but still somehow feel.

Note: This song is also available on YouTube, but the version featured in this post is the final version that will be released to streaming services at the end of June 2026.

I made one small change before release by reducing the percussion near the end. The YouTube version still contains the earlier mix.

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

How Nature's Healing Relates To Our Own Healing - A Song Review

Life Read Me a Story: A Song About Storms, Healing, and the Wisdom of Nature

Some lyrics are written to entertain. Others are written to comfort people during difficult seasons of life. Life Read Me a Story was written from a reflective place. It is a song about emotional exhaustion, healing, resilience, and the idea that nature itself may hold lessons about how human beings survive hardship.

At the heart of the song is a simple but powerful question. What if life were easy all the time? What if there were no storms, no struggles, no heartbreak, and no challenges to overcome?

The song explores those questions through the voices of a husband and wife sitting together in their kitchen, emotionally drained and quietly wondering why life cannot simply feel peaceful. As the song unfolds, Mother Earth becomes the voice responding to them, gently explaining that growth and balance cannot exist without difficult seasons.

Verse One: Wanting Life to Feel Easy

The opening verse captures a feeling many people experience but rarely say out loud. The couple is tired. They are questioning why they always have to be strong. They wonder what it would feel like to wake up without pressure, fear, sadness, or emotional weight waiting outside their front door.

The lyrics imagine a life in which storms simply pass over them, and the sun shines continuously. They dream about a life untouched by hardship, where nothing interrupts their peace and nothing challenges who they are.

This part of the song is not about weakness. It is about emotional fatigue. Sometimes people do not want riches, excitement, or success. Sometimes they simply want relief.

The couple represents anyone who has ever asked themselves why life sometimes feels so heavy. If you can listen with headphones, I've structured pretty detail in the music.

The Chorus: Mother Nature Responds

The chorus shifts perspectives completely. Instead of the couple speaking, nature begins answering them.

Mother Earth responds with calm wisdom, explaining that all living things depend on balance. Rain serves a purpose. Storms strengthen roots. Clouds nourish rivers. Even flowers depend on darker days to grow.

One of the song's central messages is found in the line about the sun shining continuously. Although endless sunshine sounds beautiful, the song reminds us that constant heat would eventually destroy life rather than sustain it. Without rain, the Earth would dry out. Rivers would disappear. Growth would stop.

Nature survives because it adapts. Forests recover after fires. Trees continue growing after storms. Rivers overflow and eventually settle again. The chorus suggests that human beings are not separate from that process. Like nature, people are also capable of healing and restoring balance after difficult seasons.

The chorus is designed as a comforting response to the couple's pain. It does not dismiss their struggles. Instead, it gently reminds them that hardship does not always mean destruction. Sometimes it is part of becoming stronger.

Verse Two: Acknowledging That Pain Can Feel Too Heavy

In the second verse, the couple begins to understand the message, but they are still struggling emotionally. They admit that some storms feel overwhelming. They understand the idea of growth, but they also recognize that too much rain can leave roots tangled and unstable.

This is an important emotional moment in the song because it refuses to romanticize pain. The lyrics openly acknowledge that life can become exhausting and difficult to carry.

Mother Nature responds again, this time with empathy rather than explanation alone. The Earth itself has experienced destruction, imbalance, storms, and rebuilding. Yet despite everything, it continues finding ways to restore itself.

The message becomes deeply personal. If nature can recover after devastation, perhaps human beings can too.

The couple slowly begins shifting their perspective. Instead of only asking why hardship exists, they begin listening to what life may be trying to teach them through those experiences.

The Bridge: Accepting the Journey Without Pretending Pain Is Easy

The bridge brings the song's emotional meaning together.

By this point, the couple has not escaped life's difficulties. Their problems have not magically disappeared. What has changed is their understanding of struggle itself.

The lyrics acknowledge that struggle is not punishment, and stillness is not always peace. Without challenges, there would be nothing pushing people to grow, heal, evolve, or discover their own strength.

One of the most meaningful lines in the bridge says:

"I am the flower, I am the tree. I needed a weathered journey to discover what I can truly be."

That line represents the entire heart of the song. Human beings are part of nature, not separate from it. Just like trees, flowers, rivers, and forests, people are shaped by changing seasons. Some seasons feel beautiful. Others feel pain. Yet every season leaves behind lessons, strength, wisdom, and growth.

The final message of Life Read Me a Story is not that pain is enjoyable or easy. The message is that renewal remains possible, even after the darkest storms.

The Meaning Behind the Song

What inspired this piece was the realization that nature constantly demonstrates resilience. Storms pass through forests. Trees fall. Rivers flood. Yet somehow, the Earth continues to search for balance and renewal.

There is something comforting in that idea.

Not because it minimizes human pain, but because it reminds us that healing is woven into the rhythm of life itself.

Life Read Me a Story was written to acknowledge life's complications honestly while still offering hope. The song recognizes that people will face storms they never asked for. However, it also reminds us that growth often happens beneath the surface long before we can see it.

Sometimes the rain is not the end of the story. Sometimes it is what teaches the roots how to grow deeper.

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Sunday, May 10, 2026

Happy Mother's Day - A Day of Celebration and Remembrance

I created and produced this piece on May 8th, 2026, inspired by the way I was raised and the life we shared with my parents.

While the memories are deeply personal to me, I know many people will recognize parts of their own families in these lyrics and moments.

So much of it centers around the little things mothers become known for over the years, the sayings, expressions, habits, and reactions that somehow stay with us forever.

One thing that always made us laugh was how my mother's filter slowly disappeared as she got older. She became more blunt, more honest, and often unintentionally hilarious. Now that I'm older myself, I catch pieces of her in the things I say, and every time it happens, it makes me smile.

The Things We Carry Forward

One line I especially wanted to include was "two blinks and a stare." It perfectly captured something so many people understand instantly: that silent look from Mom that said everything without a word.

My brothers and I knew exactly when we were pushing our luck. We were raised to help out, contribute, and pull our weight around the house, and those values stayed with all of us long after childhood.

Some of my favorite memories involve my dad arriving home with several extra people unexpectedly showing up for dinner. In the 1970s, that kind of thing happened often, and my mother somehow always seemed prepared.

Her freezer was constantly stocked, and within no time she could put together a full meal for whoever walked through the door. Looking back, I still wonder how she managed it so effortlessly. It created a home that felt warm, welcoming, and open to everyone.

The video also includes both male and female vocals for a reason. The older male voice symbolizes my brothers, while the younger male voice represents my youngest son.

There is a moment in the lyrics about my youngest son trying to hide a laugh under his breath, the same way we used to around my mother, and that memory is completely real. Watching him tilt his head to conceal a grin because he knows he should not laugh is something that instantly brought me back.

At its heart, this song is about recognizing that our mothers never truly leave us. Their words, habits, expressions, lessons, and stories continue living through us every single day. I realized I am not simply turning into my mother over time. Parts of her have always existed within me. Sharing these memories and speaking her words aloud is one way of keeping her spirit alive across generations.

And if you happen to be reading this around Mother's Day or another meaningful family occasion, I hope you spend it celebrating the woman who helped shape your life. If you're holding onto your memories from a Mom who has passed, here's a big hug.

Happy Mother's Day <3

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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Chase Your Dreams, Love Mom - A Message For Our Children

Your Destiny, Your Way - A Message For Our Children

Your Destiny, Your Way by Drageda Lyrics

This lyric video is one I wrote and produced, titled "Your Destiny, Your Way." At its core, it's simple: chase your dreams, love Mom.

I created this piece with my sons in mind, but truly, it's for sons and daughters alike. I just naturally wrote it from a son's perspective because that's the life I've lived as a mother.

And while this message comes straight from my heart and my own experiences, I write knowing that this isn't just my story. It belongs to so many of us. The way we love our children, the way we hope for them, the way we quietly stand behind them wanting them to build a life that feels like their own, that's something most mothers understand without needing it explained.

I wrote this for all of my sons. But if I'm being honest, there is one in particular who is out there chasing his dreams in a big, bold way. This song leans toward him. It's inspired by him, and it's for him.

That said, I already know this won't be the only one. I have ideas for each of my kids, what I want to say, how I want to say it, and how I want them to feel when they hear my words. This is just one piece in something much bigger I'll create over time.

At the end of this post, I'll include the full message I shared alongside the video, because it ties everything together.

How I Wrote These Lyrics

I don't often have songs come together this quickly.

Actually, that's not entirely true, but it is rare.

Most of the time, I think deeply about the story I'm trying to tell. I map out where it's going, how I'll move into the chorus, what I want the bridge to say, and how it all ties together in a meaningful way. I'm very intentional when I write.

But this one, it just poured out of me.

The idea came to me on the night of April 30, 2026. As with most of my inspiration, it hit me while I was sitting in my room watching TV. And then suddenly, there it was, that feeling of I need to write this right now.

So I did.

I started writing that night, and before I knew it, the lyrics were there. Not forced, not overthought, just flowing. The story unfolded as I wrote it, rather than me trying to guide it into place.

I finished the entire project the next day, on May 1, 2026, and published it that same day.

From start to finish, I would say I spent about 18 hours on it.

And I'll be honest, once I start something like this, I can't stop. I have to see it through. I feel this deep pull to get it out of me and into the world. It's not pressure exactly, but it is a kind of urgency. Like something inside me is asking not to be held onto.

And I've learned to listen to that.

The Lines That Mattered Most to Me

There are so many personal meanings woven into these lyrics, but there are a few lines that I really wanted to land.

"Dance in darkness, cry in lights."

Interestingly, I originally wrote this the other way around.

But it didn't sit right.

It's easy to celebrate in the light and hide in the dark. That's the natural way most of us move through the world. But I wanted to flip that.

Dance in your quiet moments. Celebrate your wins without needing an audience. Let those moments belong to you.

And when it comes to the harder parts, don't be afraid to let them be seen. Not everything, not your whole story laid bare, but enough to be real. Enough to show that the path wasn't effortless.

There's strength in that kind of honesty.

"You can't buy any chances; they already belong inside you."

This one was important to me.

There's this idea that opportunity can sometimes be bought with money, influence, or connections. And yes, those things can open doors in certain ways.

But your real chances, the ones that matter, those are not for sale.

They come from within you, your drive, your courage, your willingness to take a step forward when you don't know how it will turn out.

You don't purchase that. You become that.

"The pressure to be someone you were never meant to be has been broken. Take the pieces to build your dreams."

This line comes from something I've seen over time and reflected on in my own generation.

There was a lot of pressure to follow certain paths, to choose what was considered stable, traditional, and expected.

And sometimes, people didn't take the wrong path, but they took a path that wasn't truly theirs.

That pressure can come from others or from within ourselves.

But what I see now, especially in my children's generation, is something different. There's more freedom, more openness, more willingness to build a life from the inside out.

And that's what this line is about, letting go of that pressure and stepping into something that actually fits who you are.

“Everyone of us knows our own way, but we fight it desperately, too scared to step outside of how we’re seen.”

This lyric is exactly what it says.

Most of us, if not all of us, feel a calling at some point in our lives. There’s something inside of us that knows the direction we want to go, even if we don’t fully understand it yet.

But stepping outside of how others see us can get in our way.

Whether we realize it or not, we allow those outside perceptions to shape our choices. We hesitate, we second-guess, we adjust ourselves to fit an image that was never truly ours to begin with.

And in doing that, we can slowly drift away from what we already knew deep down.

Final Thoughts

I wrote these lyrics on April 30 and completed the production on May 1, 2026.

What inspired me most was watching my four sons grow into their own lives, each one building something different, something uniquely theirs.

It also made me reflect on my own youth, growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s, when the path forward often felt more defined and less flexible. There was a pull toward tradition that did not always leave room for something unconventional.

But the world has changed.

And while those pressures still exist, I've seen a shift, a beautiful one, toward creating a life that starts from within.

This message is for all my children.

But especially for the one who is out there right now, chasing something big.

I want him, and all of them, to know this.

I'm right behind you. Every step of the way.

The old rules only stay alive if we keep believing in them.

So don't.

Create your own way.

To my sons,

Chase your dreams.
Be brave.
Plan well, work smart,

Love Mom,

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Sunday, April 26, 2026

I'm Not Done! Don't Count My Candles Count My Sparks

Those of you who know me know that I write lyrics about life. That has always been my lane.

I’ve shared many different life moments through my words and then brought them into videos and streaming platforms. I write about motherhood, fatherhood, grandparents, humor, and life reflections.

I write for special occasions like weddings, as well as for motivation and inspiration. I also write about quieter emotional states, like numbness, indifference, and the in-between feelings that are harder to define. Life is not one-note, so I never wanted my writing to be either.

But no matter what I am writing about, I try to end on a hopeful note. That matters to me. There is already so much negativity in the world, so much division and harshness in the way people speak to each other. I do not want to be part of that.

I am not perfect, and I make mistakes, but I'm committed to contributing something better. When I write, I want to add a sense of understanding, a sense of connection, and something that lifts rather than divides.

These Lyrics are Very Personal to Me. It's The Anthem For Anyone Who is Not Done

This lyric video is different for me.

This lyric video, titled "I’m Not Done," has become my daily reset. It is the voice I turn to when I need to remind myself who I am and where I am still going.

When I wrote the lyrics, I made a point of speaking across the years. I mention the ages of 20, 30, 50, and over 60. That last one is me. I am living that line.

At the heart of it all is one message. I’m not done.

That's why I called it that. I needed to say it clearly and without apology.

There is a line in the chorus that says, “Don’t count my candles, count my sparks.” That line carries everything. It is the heartbeat of what I am trying to say. Life is not measured only in years. It is measured in energy, in passion, and in what still burns inside you.

“It ain’t over till it’s over.” That idea has lasted because it is true, but only if we decide it is.

And that is really what this lyric video is about.

I did have older women and men in mind when I wrote it. I thought about the quiet moments when people start to wonder if their time has passed or if they should begin to step back. But this message is not only for them. It is for anyone, at any age, who needs the reminder that they still get to choose.

Because that is what I believe. We choose.

We choose whether we are done or not.

And when we make that choice with intention and with passion, we begin to move differently. We show up differently. We go after things we may have talked ourselves out of before.

That is where this came from.

It is not just something I wrote.

It is something I feel and live, and I dedicate it to all of us still pushing forward, doing what we find joy in.

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

The Child, The Boy, The Man — Through a Mother’s Eyes

I wrote these lyrics on April 17th, 2026, after realizing that while I had already created several wedding lyric videos, I had never really touched the mother-son dance. I have written about the father-daughter connections, and it pulled at something deep, but this… this felt different.

I wanted it to feel like something a mother would quietly carry inside her. Not polished. Not perfect. Just honest. Almost like a page from a diary.

This One Wasn’t Easy For Me to Write

As a mother of four adult sons and a step-mom of two more, I thought the words would come quickly. But they didn’t.

I sat there for a bit, unsure how to even begin, which doesn’t happen to me all that often. So I did what I always do when I can’t quite find my way in… I closed my eyes and pictured my boys.

Not just as they are now, but as they’ve been.

I let my mind go all the way back. To the moment they were first placed in my arms… to the baby years… the childhood years… the boyhood years… and then to the men they’ve become.

And somewhere in all of that, the feeling finally came through clearly.

When I look at my sons, I don’t see one version of them.

I see all of them.

I see the scraped knees. The sleepy eyes. The laughter. The learning. The growing. I see everything layered together. And even now, after all these years, there are still moments when I catch a glimpse of the baby they once were. Not constantly, but just enough to remind me that those days don’t actually leave you. Not when you’re a mother.

And that’s really what this song became about.

Because life does what it’s supposed to do. Our children grow up. They become independent. They build lives that are their own. That’s how it’s meant to be. But none of that erases what came before. It doesn’t replace it… It adds to it.

So when I think about a mother standing on that dance floor with her son on his wedding day, I don’t see her dancing with just the man in front of her.

She’s the only one in that room who’s danced with all three.

The child.
The boy.
And the man.

That’s something no one else shares in quite the same way. A wife may know the man. Sometimes she might know the boy if they grew up together. But the mother… she’s the one who carries all of it. Every version. Every stage.

And that’s what I wanted these lyrics to hold.

That quiet, overwhelming knowing… that when she looks at him, it’s never just who he is now. It’s who he’s always been.

All at once.

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Sunday, April 12, 2026

Grandpa's Advice Relayed in a Song Through These Lyrics

Since I write lyrics about life, I tend to cover many angles: motherhood, grandmothers, children, memories, reflections on growing older, and the emotional layers that come with it all.

The Story Behind The Lyrics "Grandpa's Diamonds"

Lately, I realized I've written quite a bit from those above perspectives, but I hadn't really shared the voice of a grandfather. Not deeply, anyway.

So I felt it was time to write something that touched that part of life, too, the relationship between grandfathers and grandsons, and the kind of quiet wisdom that can be passed down through that bond.

I wrote these lyrics on April 6th, 2026.

The Inspiration Behind The Lyrics

Dad lived into his late seventies. His life was like many, filled with goodness, trials, and tribulations. While he could be tough, he was always fair and had a rare ability to recognize others' potential and could spot those “diamonds in the rough.” If there was even a small spark of goodness in someone, he could see it, and many times he chose to acknowledge it.

As his daughter, I understood that side of him well. I believe he knew we all have a purpose, even if we sometimes need guidance to find the right path. However, staying real here, he would never talk like this and would probably just nod and move on if I ever said this to him!

My father, like every Dad, had his own beliefs. He made his mistakes, like anyone, but he was also shaped in those early years by the people who saw something in him worth believing in.

In his very early years, Mom told me stories about how certain people helped steer Dad in the right direction. But honestly, it was my mother who was his rock and motivation. I often wonder how different things might have been without those who chose to see his diamond in the rough. He was, in many ways, as my lyrics say, a recipient of grace, and he passed that grace along when he could.

This song reflects that perspective. Through Grandpa's voice, the quiet strength of a man who looks beyond a person's surface and exercises compassion over judgment. However, again, just being real, Dad wasn't a saint, and like all of us, he could be judgmental, but when it came to spotting something special in someone, he could see it.

The lyrics are a reminder that sometimes the most meaningful impact we can have is simply to see the goodness in others and help them see it in themselves.

Because one day, it could be us who needs that same grace.

That's the message in Grandpa's Diamonds.

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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Dear 1975 – A Look Back Through the Years We’ll Never Forget

I sat down to write the lyrics and the song Dear 1975 as a tribute to us, to the older generation who lived through those times, and to the memories we carry.

When we look back, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking we didn’t know how good we had it. But the truth be told, I did know. I was fifteen years old, safe and secure in my parents’ home, in the same room in the house my brother now owns.

I can still go back there if I want, but it’s never the same without my parents. Even so, I’m so grateful that my brother has the home.

1975 represents something bigger for us seniors. The world is moving so fast now, and it’s easy to look back through rose-colored glasses, but I think most of us who lived happy, healthy lives in the ‘70s will agree the decade was simply wonderful.

Life, The Music, and The Freedom in 1975

The culture in 1975 was amazing.

The music was unbeatable. The sitcoms, the variety shows, the freedom. It’s funny to even use the word freedom to describe it, but that’s exactly what it felt like.

On social media, so many of my peers who grew up in the ‘70s often reminisce about how free we were, and it’s true. I remember being on my bike from morning until night, riding to friends’ houses, calling my mom to say I wouldn’t be home for dinner because I was eating at Linda’s. Even when she moved across town, we biked there too, then on to the park, then to school, meeting our friends along the way.

There were no cell phones, and our parents were okay with it. We were just on the move, living and breathing that kind of independence that seems almost impossible to imagine today.

Here's the lyric song video tribute I wrote for us who are of the generation of 1975:

Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?

And then, of course, there was the nightly reminder on TV: Do you know where your kids are? I think back to that now, and I can’t help but laugh.

Ten o’clock at night, flashing across the screen were the words and commentary, "Do you know where your kids are?" I was always home by then, thinking, who actually loses track of their kids? But it was the ‘70s, and we had that notice, that little nudge from the world, as if to remind parents that yes, the kids were out exploring the world, and yes, that was okay, but time to come home!

Thinking About Mom and Dad in the 1970s

Some of my most vivid memories involve Mom and me watching movies together, or Dad coming home from long work trips. His briefcase would be filled with coins, which my brother and I would happily dump on the floor and divvy up.

Dad would be sprawled on the floor in the living room with the eight-track playing country songs, the kind that I can still almost hear in my mind.

Our vehicles had eight-track cassette tapes, and I begged for my first tape recorder for Christmas just so I could hear my own voice, and promptly discovered I didn’t like it.

Our house was always full of people. Neighbors dropping in, friends hanging out, the laughter and chatter filling every corner. That, to me, was the ‘70s. Family, friends, security, and an unspoken understanding that life, in those moments, was exactly as it should be.

Writing Dear 1975 was my way of capturing that warmth, that freedom, and that sense of rootedness we sometimes forget to appreciate when we’re young.

It’s a reminder of the simplicity we sometimes take for granted, the moments that feel small at the time but last a lifetime. It’s a diary entry to my younger self, and to anyone who remembers 1975 the way I do: full of music, laughter, love, and the kind of freedom that can only come from feeling safe in the world.

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