Today I’m grateful for moments when music feels like home.

11.5.2023

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There’s this moment that I experience every once in a while with music. For me, it usually happens when I’m singing a tight harmony line alongside a strong melody. It’s this point when I hear the dancing of notes that fit together like a perfectly balanced mathematical equation. I know that’s a weird analogy, but I truly don’t know a better way to explain it. In this moment the experience becomes effortless and the lyrics, even though they’re not mine, feel like a natural expression of myself. When this happens, the music literally feels warm inside me. It’s like the snuggled up in bed on a rainy day feeling, when everything seems peaceful and you’re content to just be. It’s like home.

I had such a moment tonight while singing at Mass. We were singing a song by Sarah Hart. Her songs always have such sweet melodies that lend themselves to beautiful harmony lines. I was singing a lower harmony alongside the melody and it was feeling pretty good. But “the moment” for me was when my friend and fellow choir member Dani added in an upper harmony on the second verse of the song. Everything just fit and the experience became effortless. The whole song was prayerful, but that moment was one of total peace.

I’m thankful that music exists in the world. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without it. I’m thankful for the opportunity to make music each week with dear music ministry friends. And tonight I’m especially grateful for moments when music goes beyond my normal senses and becomes a feeling I can only describe as home.