Moments

Let the Rain-Sara Bareilles

I wish I were pretty
I wish I were brave
If I owned this city
Then I'd make it behave

And if I were fearless
Then I'd speak my truth
And the world would hear this
That's what I wish I'd do, yeah

If my hands could hold them you'd see
I'd take all these secrets in me
And I'd move and mold them to be
Something I'd set free

I want to darken in the skies
Open the floodgates up
I want to change my mind
I want to be enough
I want the water in my eyes
I want to cry until the end of time

I want to let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down tonight

I hold on to worry so tight
It's safe in here right next to my heart
Who now shouts at the top of her voice
Let me go, let me out, this is not my choice

And I always felt it before
That the world was filled with much more
Than the drowning soul I've learned to be
I just need the rain to remind me

I want to darken in the skies
Open the floodgates up
I want to change my mind
I want to be enough
I want the water in my eyes
I want to cry until the end of time

I want to let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down


I love these lyrics. It's funny because a couple of weeks before I always skipped this song but recently it's been in my mind alot.

Music just does that...it finds its way into your life at the right moments whether it is giving the aha, aw, oh, ugh, ouch, hmm, yeah, sure, whatever moments...it gives life to whatever moments you are going through.

me+life+moment=let the rain

Love,
C

I get it

Friends,

sometimes you hear something, see something written and go through life thinking you've understood it.
then life happens, and you realize you never really got it.

Priorities,
faithfulness,
big world,
scary indeed.

don't you remember what I said,
don't you get it?
I'll keep on,
and on and on,
reminding you.

Stop it.

It's here in my mind,
written in me,
finding its place
to stay.

I get it.

not sure if this makes sense...if not, it didn't take too long to read so there you go.

Love,
C

Ps hope you "get" something soon too friends. It's a bittersweet feeling.

Eat up the goodness

Friends,



The Two Can Share Concert went splendidly! We had a rocking show and so much fun on that stage!

Altogether we collected 341 canned goods and about $50.00 in monetary donations.

It was absolutely amazing to see all the college student volunteers come together.






Everyone did a great job and my heart could not have been happier. I got to make music with some really cool people and see how awesome it is to come together and help out people in the community AND doing it with such gusto. awesome. :)

Thank you for everyone who made it out to the show. It was a dream come true. :) I think my favorite part of the night...well there were many but I enjoyed talking with my bandmates up on stage and talking to the audience. I am glad people didn't mind me rambling up on that stage and for that, you are very special people. :)


Some quotes for the night from our speakers,

"I think it is great the Portico student group chose this organization to benefit! I think there are some very passionate and talented students involved in Portico and they are doing some amazing things in our community! "
-Lindsey Rogers of KAUZ news

"Everything was very organized; the greeters at the front door, Brittney and crew in back kept everyone moving right along. I was proud to be a part of such an excting evening provided by wonderful young men and women!"
-Becky Browning of Faith Mission

I hope people were moved, had fun, stood up and clapped, and felt apart of something bigger.

This was a good start friends...keyword: start.

Love, eat up today and enjoy the beautiful, wacky people in your lives,
C

If cows can

Friends,
As all of you may know, I've had a benefit concert on my hands for awhile and I believe it went well. I had a blast up there on that stage with my amazing bandmates and amazing band of family and friends cheering me down below. :)

As some of you may know, there was much planning put into this past event and although I enjoyed most of it, I learned rest is an important factor.

As I was riding in a car, I noticed pastures upon pastures filled with cows and other animals. They were all resting for the afternoon. I thought to myself, if cows can take a rest, certainly I can right?

Yes, work, progress, putting myself out there, practice, and goals are all very important things, so is rest. Rest should actually reside at the top of that list.

As much as the benefit concert made me so proud, made my heart so happy, helped out the community, entertained many....rest, rest, rest rang in my ears.

It's happy, helpful, entertaining...rest, that is.

<3,
a restful C

Look at me

Friends,

I'm like...

a child with a new toy,
a girl who is ready to see her friend's reaction to the cake she made,
a pair of jeans that is loved to death,

a fall candle,
a new music book,
a favorite CD that on repeat,

a puzzle newly finished and screams to be displayed.

The benefit concert has made its way here and everything is finally coming together! It's crazy how it was such a puzzle 3 months ago and I was frantic in trying to find the corner pieces of it...but after the frustrations and confusions of grouping the pieces with similar color schemes together, trying to force-fit some pieces together, and staring the pieces together in the face for hours, a picture is coming into view.

Come see what we've done. I believe it looks pretty great.

Two Can Share Benefit Concert for Faith Mission
Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010
Akin Auditorium at MSU
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
*Bring two canned goods

<3 <3 <3,
C

the good kind

"There is a design, an alignment, a cry
Of my heart to see,
The beauty of love as it was made to be."
-Mumford and Sons

It's performance time this week. It doesn't seem real that the date is finally here! Waves of nerves pass me periodically throughout the day. I've been listening around and people are talking about the show, the music, me...and at first thought, I am thinking, how awesome...my name is getting put out there and people are talking about it...then I start to think, people are talking about me? Really? This is strange.

I'm excited. I've been excited from the very start...when the thoughts came running through my head and made its way on paper, through word of mouth, brainstorming, in songs, jam sessions, flyers, prayers, hugs, more dialogue, confusion, and it's about to come alive.

I'm nervous. I've been nervous from the very start...when thoughts of will this come through started happening, when I wasn't sure my music was good enough, the ideas faltered, people were busy with other events, etc....

well after reading this over, I think the excitement outweighs the nervousness...there is such things as good kind of nervous right?

"Just do what you need to do and everything will fall into place."
"Well, make sure not to run yourself down."
"I'm just pretty icing to the awesome cupcake that you have been baking."
"Relax Casie, everything will be fine. Promise."

...yeah what they said. :)

It's the end of Tues...tomorrow's Wed....then Thurs...then Friday and then Saturday.

I can't help but be nervous but I also can't help but smile.

<3
C

Yay :)

Two Can Share on KAUZ news


<3
C