Thank You
I’m never quite sure I’m reaching everybody when I send out an email or Tweet or whatever. I thought I’d post this here, just to increase the odds that it’s seen by whomever, whenever, wherever.
I like Thanksgiving. It’s lovely that we have a holiday devoted to appreciating what’s good in our lives.
Like most of us, I spend a lot of time focusing on what needs changing. That seems more like a call to action, making a difference, etc. Today, I get to think hard about things that have gone right: the music that got made, the people I might not have met, but was lucky enough to come across in my travels.
Most important, there’s you. I wouldn’t be doing this work if it weren’t for you, caring and listening, doing your part. I’d probably be making music, but not for a worldwide community of thinking, feeling individuals.
I’m grateful for all my blessings, but it wouldn’t be a real Thanksgiving if I didn’t make sure you knew how thankful I am for you.
Hope to see you before next Thanksgiving.
Love,
Kristin
Thanksgiving brings forth a sort of platform to me, one from which I reckon my past living dues, all while I look forward -in a deterministic way- to the shambles of an uncertain future.
What a ride it has been. Yesterday though I decided to do something else besides the usual thinking, so I took it upon myself to distribute happiness amongst my less fortunate folks and threw an impromptu ‘performance’ at the nearest shelter home. And with strapped guitar and an lil’ amplifier I plugged and played.
The people was so happy. The bums, the addicts, the ‘less fortunate’ were so jolly, as it seemed that life with a belly-full is merrier. I played ‘Shimmer’ and people loved it. Even though they couldn’t understand a single word (I’m from Puerto Rico) they dance to the tune and afterward told me the last song I played (’Shimmer’) was very uplifting.
Thanks Kristin, you’ll most definitively have a loyal ear from me for as long as I’m living, for the gift of music you share with us is truly a thing of grandeur.
Love back.
K,
Just read your “Thank You” and it made me reflect on the year that has just passed us. So much has happened, so much has changed. Much to be thankful for, much to grieve.
I thank you and Billy for sharing your lives and music with us all, and allowing us to know you. I hope this new year is a good one for you, and that the sorrows of late leave you feeling more peace than sadness, more joy at what you’ve known, than what you’ve lost, and most of all, that you continue to share your life with us, and ours with you.
My new year’s resolution,which I never make, is to become a Strange Angel. If you make your way to Minneapolis anytime this year, I look forward to seeing you.
Take care, make music, and enjoy the love of your family.
Love, Katie