Laura Harley

What an intense week! My mom ended up having emergency exploratory surgery this week. I am very happy and very grateful that it went very well. She still has a lot of healing to do, but it looks like she will be getting better now! After 2 years of a lot of suffering and stress for my family, it seems amazing that things may get better and even back to normal. I’ve been keeping my emotions in check all week because I’ve been with her at the hospital helping to calm her nerves and get her through it all. But now that it looks like she will finally have some relief, my emotions are coming to the surface. They come in waves and sometimes unexpectedly—relief, happiness, exhaustion, numbness, disorientation, sadness about all that she’s gone through, restlessness, worry, joy. What a roller coaster.

This week on my drives to and home from the hospital, I’ve been listening to my new album (due out this summer). At first I was listening in order to approve the final mixes and come up with the song order for the album. But as things got really tough this week, I stopped listening as the creator and started listening as, well, a listener. I found myself thinking, “Man, I really need to hear “Little By Little” right now” (a song about getting through tough times) or, “I just feel like hearing “Falling Down” right now” (a song about calling out for help and giving up in order to start again). It helped me through it all. And my greatest hope is that these songs will help other people get through tough things, too.

I can’t wait to share the songs with you! The final mixes are approved and now the songs are going through what’s called a “mastering” process. Soon they will be ready to share…

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