Long time no blog

Hey folks! Sorry for the long absence from the Notes section. Here's a quick update from my very eventful summer (the summer season lasts especially long down here in Florida):

- I've moved

- I'm back at work in the public school system

- My husband and I are both enrolled in school

- My musical endeavors have stalled and I'm back to square one

When I first started conversations with Kent I was in a place where I was challenging the current climate of Apostolic music. I was working with a team of Apostolic producers who were energetic and innovative and during that time quite involved with district and national music endeavors. Fast forward two years. Two of my songs I recorded a year ago were lost along with our sound engineer who, apparently, is going to be a rock star. My producer is balancing a huge load in his new role as adminstrative pastor. My time is limited as I'm working full time in the school system and after closing our business last year we are entrenched in the process of starting over. I still lead the Praise and Worship with an incredibly annointed team at our church, but my writing is stalled. I have two and a half songs recorded for my own solo project. I haven't written for any other projects in a year now. I am on PAUSE as far as music is concerned. This would probably explain my absence from all you who visit the Notes page. I apologize, but I have become overwhelmed with anatomy of the monotony.

Can I get a witness? Or to break it down, "Holla at ya girl!" Anybody else stuck on the back forty humming tunes to sheep and waiting for their oil-bearing prophet?

In the mean time and 'tween time I will make my songs what they were originally intended for (as I gulp down my deferred hope) and make it all a part of my own personal worship. Indulge me just a sec as I take a quote from my own catalog:

Just Fine by Courtney Ballestero

When disaster hit/And my life felt more like

A game of pick up sticks/Like a childhood game of hide and seek/

I couldn't find your peace/I stuck my hands up in the air/It sounded

like a prayer

(Chorus)

Don't know where this is going/But there's peace in knowin'/

You're by my side/Don't know exactly what you're doin'/But

you'll see me through it/Just fine

(Bridge)

Cuz when the earth shakes/And the Levees break/Or thhe one you think you love the most/Turns and walks away/Make peace with the pain/Kiss it and call it your friend/It's what leads you/To the point where you can say...

Don't know where this is going/But there's peace in knowin'/
You're by my side/Don't know exactly what you're doin'/But
you'll see me through it/Just fine