After The Kids Have Gone To Bed

by gileah on January 23, 2012

…Mom and Dad decide to record a song.

I’m one husband, three kids and four records into this life. It feels like the right time to do a song here and a song there and give them to you.

This song is called Heavy. I wrote it for Chris. We tracked it at home. It’s quiet so turn it up!

Here it is. Download it now for free!

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Hello Local Friends!

by gileah on August 6, 2011

Just have to say a quick hello to my local friends who are probably visiting because of the lovely article in Emerald Coast Magazine. So hi!

I had a great time hanging out with the beautiful Ann McQueen. And my friend Hannah Bryant Brown managed to make me feel comfortable in front of her camera even though I was pretty darn pregnant! If I thought I was pregnant then, I didn’t have a clue what I would feel like in August!

Also, a big shout out to my favorite record store/book store in the world- Central Square Records and Sundog Books in Seaside. My friends Tom and Jenny King run the two little shops in the one darling building and the article in the EC Magazine is awesome!

So, new friends, welcome. Chris and I hope to record some new songs this winter, and after that we’ll probably get out to meet all of you…maybe at Central Square? First, though, we’ll have to have this baby. :)

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He Heals

by gileah on March 16, 2011

Please, will you pray with me for Kate McRae? Pray that our great God heals her little body of cancer. Pray that her sweet mother and father will continue to have strength and courage and hope. Pray for her brother and sister as they watch her go through another round of radiation, and pray that they will be comforted. Pray for all those who minister to the entire family.

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The Hook: 2/22/11

by gileah on February 22, 2011

You know the economy is rebounding when…more people are getting divorced? How strange.

I’m a sucker for lists. And I like this one a lot. Secrets my pilot won’t tell me? Do tell! One of my favorites: “There’s no such thing as a water landing. It’s called crashing into the ocean.”

Since watching Lost I haven’t even thought about getting on a plane. Thank goodness I haven’t needed to. I know, I know- it’s safer than driving. But it doesn’t feel safer than driving. So I can’t be convinced. Ask my husband. I recall his astonishment at my anxiety on the very first flight we took together. With every takeoff, every bump in the air, and every landing, I am a perfect mess. I clutch anything that’s…clutchable. I wear sunglasses so I can (attempt to) hide the fact that I’m crying like a ninny. It’s hard to enjoy pretzels and a Coke when you feel like your prayers are the only thing keeping the beast afloat. It’s ridiculous. So now you know why I don’t visit you if you live more than a car ride away. And why we only go to Disney – a mere seven hours by land – for vacation.

I guess today’s post was more like a round of True Confessions. Well, that’s all I’m giving away for today. ;)

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The Hook: 2/01/11

February 1, 2011

I visited Challies this morning, and got a nice heads up. Adopted For Life by Russell Moore is free this month as an audio download from ChristianAudio. It’s such a great book, and if you’ve been waiting to read it, just go get it and start listening! Awhile back I wrote about the book on [...]

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One21 Music

January 28, 2011

My internet friend, Ian Harvey, over at One21 music has given last summer’s EPs several end-of-year honors. I’ve followed Ian’s blog for quite awhile, ever since he included Chris in one of his interview series, Voices of the Undergound. He then interviewed me for the same series the next year. Ian really thinks about the state [...]

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The Hook: 1/25/11

January 25, 2011

My husband recently purchased what must be his fifth copy of The Pilgrim’s Progress by  John Bunyan. I have read the book many times, too; we read it every year in elementary  school. Clara is nearly five, so we should probably read it to her sometime soon. And I  think these coloring sheets will be a [...]

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Christianity Today

January 24, 2011

A few months ago, my monthly copy of Christianity Today arrived at my house with Jesus on the front cover- in RayBan sunglasses. Before reading it, I assumed  the cover article by Brett McCracken, called “Hipster Faith,” would be about somebody else, maybe somebody or several people I know, but not me. But I was [...]

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The Hook: 1/22/11

January 22, 2011

(A “hook” in music is meant to catch the listener’s ear. The Hook around here is whatever I come across in the cyber universe that catches my ear and eye.) The Fairy Tale Struggles: An interesting article from NPR. But I’m more interested in this comment left by a reader: “I’m a 24-year-old girl, and [...]

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New Year

January 21, 2011

Yes, I took a nearly four month break. On purpose. No, not really on purpose. I’m just relieved I dropped the blog and not something else like the daily care of my children. So why the break? For one thing… School started! Clara and I have been schooling at home. We’ve only been using one [...]

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