Hey, you there! If you would have told me a year ago that I’d be writing music and recording a full-length album, I would have questioned your logic immensely. Never had I thought of myself as a songwriter! This is what I mean when I say, "Hello, unexpected." You know how life invites you onto unexpected journeys and brings you to unexpected places? This album IS a journey that I never would have dreamed possible; it is a story about the recent adventures, both joyous and heartbreaking, to which I’ve been led. It is the statement that much of my life is outside of my own control, and upon receiving these sour lemons, even though we are told to make lemonade, I chose to make music instead! How are blessings born of burdens? I do not know exactly, but I can certainly claim that they are. Even in my darkest moments of pain this last year, after allowing myself to sit in the ugliness, I’ve found hope of which existence, I’d probably never consider...