Always Me and You - My friendships are so important to me. There are some amazing people in my life who lift me up when I'm low and are happy to celebrate my good times too! When I look back at significant moments over the years, I so often think of my friends - some who I've grown up with and others who I've more recently met. I really don't know what I'd do without the unique love and support each one of them gives me.  I treasure them all in my heart. This song is for them and shares my hope that we will know each other for many years to come.

The Mystery - I realize that sometimes in relationships, no matter how much people care for one another, they know deep down that the only way to move forward is to go their separate ways. It may be possible to return together again but there comes a point when they have to let go, even if they have no idea what will happen next...  it's so hard to end any kind of relationship, I know, and yet sometimes, it's best to leave before the love is buried.

Already Here -  Ever since I was a little girl, I've always wanted the 'fairytale' - true, deep, unconditional love. Someone who can be totally myself with and who loves me just as I am. As I love him.  Someone who I can share my whole life with. I can feel him in my heart. He's around me. Whoever he is. I dream of him - my friend, my lover, my soulmate...the answer to my prayers.

You Know Me - I believe in Angels. I believe in the miracles that can happen when we ask for their help! Their greatest gift to me is to know that, whenever I call, they are guiding, protecting and comforting my every step, shining a light of the brightest kind and reminding me of their ever - loving presence wherever I go.

Beautiful - Years ago I took a class in Ireland that changed my life. During that time, I learnt so many skills and healed in profound ways that I did not expect! I have carried those special days with me ever since. However, for me, an experience is always about the people I meet and one in particular touched my heart deeply and has continued to do so. I will be forever grateful for her wisdom, understanding and for her enormous capacity to love. She is an inspiration to me and a huge reason why I am able to create this CD.

If You Could - Recently, in my own journey I’ve realised, in our caring, how easy it can be to want to make someone feel better and do whatever we can to ease someone’s pain by giving advice, opinions, treatments and anything else we can think of! But the truth is, we can never know exactly what someone feels or needs because we are not them! So in my case, what is often most helpful when I’m having a challenging time, is simply to know that I am not alone, that I am supported through whatever comes my way. Then it’s not about the “doing”, it’s about just being there, because to me, love is what counts.

Body - Sometimes I wonder, why is it that people are so quick to judge my body as different, disabled, abnormal, limited? But then why am I? I know that as soon as I feel comfortable with it, others probably wouldn't even notice what I get so conscious about. Or maybe my eyes would just be blind to the stares and misperceptions? That's when my body reminds me that all is as it's meant to be. That maybe if I could just go with the flow rather than making it my enemy, then others would be accepting too because my body is not separate from me, it is how I can be here, alive, breathing on this Earth. That for all it's seeming limitations, that just the fact I am here is perfect in itself. But I know deep down that I am so much more - so much more inside, and all I need to do is let that out. Then those who really want to see me, will see me....ALL of me.

Peace - It is my feeling, with the media we have these days, that “Peace” has become just a word to some, and an event that will occur when this group of people get it “right” or when another “stops doing that”. But let’s remember that while we cannot change anyone, we can make a huge difference by choosing to focus on the peace within and around us and in turn, teach by example. The time is NOW!

Breathe - I think of the times when I felt low on all levels, when everything about me and around me seemed upside down with pain, exhaustion and sadness, and it seems almost as if it all happened to another person. There were times I felt like giving up but somewhere inside me I always had hope. Now, that hope has grown into reality. So much has changed. I am able to see the world, and myself, with new eyes and I am so grateful for the endings that became opportunities to begin again. Whatever happens, wherever we are, we can always begin again.

In Between Miracles - I consider myself a strong person but I am also very sensitive. And when I feel, I feel deeply which can often be overwhelming! I always say I am the most human person you will ever meet but sometimes, it’s not easy to be so vulnerable. However, there are moments in life when being vulnerable and totally honest with myself and others is the only way to be. To let the mask fall can be frightening but also extremely freeing. Because I know, somewhere deep inside, despite all the uncertainty that comes with letting myself feel every emotion, I know I am healing, moving forward... and that something amazing is just around the corner.

The Story So Far
I have always loved to sing! Some of my earliest memories are of my parents playing their record collection, and my sister and I having fun singing along! Being unable to dance like them, I found great freedom in using my voice and exploring the many different sounds I could make, so from a very young age I was either singing or talking!

Throughout my childhood, I sang constantly and was an enthusiastic member of the school choir. But then in my teens, when my health became an issue, I was unable to continue any group activities and found myself keeping more quiet. Fortunately though, after a particularly traumatic period, I was introduced to sound and song therapy and there began a new relationship with myself and my voice. In a supportive and non - judgemental environment, I was encouraged to take the focus off performance and instead reconnect with the creativity of my authentic sound and my passion for singing.

It was a few years ago, when I was given the opportunity to record one of my favourite songs in a little home studio, that I realized how much I wanted to share my voice more and the idea of recording my own album has since grown from a little flutter in my heart to a dream that is incredibly important to me! In fact, I struggle to find the words to explain quite how much, apart from to say that there are few things that fill me with more joy and excitement! The thought of holding my CD in my hands and have others listen to it, well... it brings tears to my eyes!

I’m delighted to say that after many tantrums (yes I have them!) and prayers, asking for someone who could help me create music for my lyrics, my dream began to feel more real in March last year, when at the recommendation of a friend, I sent an e - mail to Robert Berry in California. I knew immediately that he was the right person to work with - even though part of me wondered how on earth we could manage being thousands of miles apart! But we have and I'm very aware of the unique connection between us that makes our co - writing all possible via email! 

After six months we now have ten songs for the CD! It's been an amazing, exciting, emotional process and I feel blessed to have "met" someone as talented, supportive and patient as Robert! I first thought that he might help me write and then I would continue the process of recording with someone else here in England. But now, I cannot imagine recording the songs without him because I trust him to produce them in a way that matches my vision and I also know that he is very good at what he does!