1 year ago today….

…right around this time….i was leaving the little artist holding pen at Hotel Cafe…making my way to the stage…to play the venue I’d been dreaming of playing for years… to release my first album…. that I’d been working on, saving up for, and dreaming of for years. Just a few moments earlier, I was sitting in that back room, feeling something I’d never felt before… like I was literally dreaming, but I knew it was real life. Not a nightmare, but a dream, the kind of dream where you wake up happy and smiling. The kind of dream you wish was real life…but this time, it was.  I’d never had that before… where something you pined and dreamed away actually came true.

I don’t know how to properly say thank you. You never know if it really gets across like you want it to. So THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF MY EVERYTHING. I love music. I didn’t play music so long because I was so scared. And then I dived in, knowing I couldn’t be scared anymore, and if I was, I had to use everything I had in me to move passed it. You helped me move past it. You helped my dreams come true. You supported me. You listened to me. You clapped. You screamed. You bought my CD. You played it in your cars. You told your friends. You came to more shows. You made my dreams come true.

THANK YOU. Thank you for making this year dream-fulfilling.  I feel like thank you doesn’t even begin to express my thanks though. Please know that my words fall short and I just can’t thank you enough.

I have a gift to give you. It’s not ready yet, but it will be ready soon. It should be ready later this week. I hope you like it.

I love you. Thank you.

Love,

Jennifer

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