Bryson loves music! He has music on most of his waking hours when he can. His favorite is the worship band, PlanetShakers from Australia. Music has soothed his soul since he was a baby. As first-time parents, it’s always hard to know what to do when your baby is crying. Bryson went through a period where he cried a lot. After trial and error with different things, we learned that music helped calm him down and the louder the music the better. I clearly remember one Sunday afternoon we drove to Pokagon State Park to sit at the beach area. Bryson lasted for an hour or so and then he started bawling. We packed up our stuff and hurried to the car. The entire hour drive home we had Point of Grace and Avalon blaring through the speakers, and I mean BLARING! He was calm but we were tired. I can’t remember exactly what the album name was for both of those music groups, but they were played over and over at our house in Bryson’s early years.
This brings us to a year ago, Bryson discovered the Canadian Country channel on Sirius XM in my car. He would always be upset when his brothers played country music and he would tell you that he hates it. But something about the Canadian that’s in his DNA, this connected with him, and we always have it on when we are driving.
I have come to like this Canadian County music too! I have always loved country music so I can’t say it is any better than American country, but it has a unique style that I love. There are several songs that I had deemed my favorite over the last year. This brings us to a couple of months ago, I was driving alone in my car and the Canadian Country station was on, two songs played back-to-back. Each of them spoke to me differently and I immediately saved them on my playlist.
The first song is called Diamonds in the Desert (isn’t that fitting??) by Jason Blaine.
I can relate to this in several ways, while I am living in the desert. The first sentence “there are diamonds in the desert, in the sand beneath the sun” – my humor got me and my requote of the sentence is “there are diamondbacks in the desert, I don’t want to find one in the sand under the sun!” I like how it speaks about dreaming and as we see an obstacle, we choose to stay on the safer side. But that the only way to really get there is to run through the fear. That connected with me when I first heard this song as I was preparing to come out here and now as I am here, I feel we have crossed the canyon into the unknown but I’m believing the hidden treasure is out here to provide a loving home for Bryson and respite for me.
The second song is called Who you Know by Tristan Horncastle. I dedicate this song to all my amazing friends and family who have and are walking this road with me. It takes a village and I’m so grateful that I have you all in that village.
So, thanks Bryson for introducing me to Canadian Country… and to finding my next favorite songs.
