Words

I know I haven’t blogged lately. Now that I am officially divorced, I took some time to reconfigure my life…again. Today’s blog is about words. Something we use all the time. In speaking. In writing. And the words we choose are sometimes carefully chosen, sometimes spewed in anger. Either way, I’ve been thinking about words. Like vows made during a wedding. Are they just words without meaning? Must be, otherwise I’d still be married. The husband of a friend of mine, married twenty years, recently asked her for a divorce. She has gone through major back surgery and recovery the last year and a half always calling him her “rock”. Well that “rock” crumbled into pebbles apparently. I had a friend, in my toughest times at the beginning of my divorce journey, tell me, “I got you” then ghost me. 

Words. Are they just that? One dimensional things broken down to nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.? Or are they more than that? Something filled with meanings, emotions, promises and connections? I choose to believe the latter. When I say, “I love you” it comes from a place where you are important to me, you are cherished by me, you are valued in my life and someone I do not want to lose. When I say “I got you” it comes from a place where I understand you need someone, you may feel vulnerable, you are important to me, you are my friend and I will be here for you when you need me. In fact, my grandson Dominic and I were talking one day (he’s 4) and I said, “I got you.” He looked me in the eyes and said, “You got me?” “Yep, I got you” and he smiled. He knows grandma will always have his back.  

If you listen to my music, all of my lyrics are written from my soul. Written from raw emotion. Each word is carefully chosen, carefully placed and carefully sung. The words matter to me. They are more important than the music. I want my listeners to feel something. If I cried while writing a song, I want that to come through and I want you to cry, to feel that rawness. 

The pen truly is mightier than the sword. The mouth has infinite power. Choose words wisely. 

Until Next Time…