Christian Review Magazine Issue 3 - March 2015 | Page 72

for me because I was able to
transition out of the group and just
be mom for the first year of my son’s
life. I was able to be home and write
for the new record. It was such an
inspiring time for me...writing my life
story in song and learning to love in a
whole new way with my son.”
As she wrote, the past spilled forth its
secrets, its hurts and victories in new
ways, with new perspective.
“With a lot of prayer, over time the
birth of my son became not only the
birth of my child, but the birth of a
new season or chapter,” she says.
“Anyone who knows me knows that
is pretty big. I’ve always been a
fearful person. And the thought of
stepping out was scary for me.”
Soon, stories of her childhood poured
forth. She grew up in a broken home.
Her dad was involved with drugs and
alcohol. She experienced sexual
abuse from a family member. Years
of insecurity and feelings of
unworthiness coursed through the
ink of her pen as she daily faced a
battalion of memories that could
easily have overtaken her resolve at
any point. Rather than chip away at
her determination to allow God to
turn these things, these hard, painful
th [