I wanted to respect that.I am honored to be able to share this journey with my fans.that they allowed me a glimpse into their lives and what God is doing in and through them.'" Due to this, West stated "he enlisted the help of his 'most trusted advisors' (aka, mom and dad) to comb through the stacks of stories, he was the primary reader and most of the songwriting was done solo. More than 10,000 before he headed to the cabin, which he soon reserved for an additional month." To these stories, West was highly careful and sensitive because "'people were intrusting me with their deepest confessions. Matthew West started out this album by saying "'what if I turned the microphone around? What if this time, instead of using the stories of my own life to write the songs, what if I asked people to tell me their stories?'" After he asked the question of fans, West "'.reserved a cabin outside of Nashville for a month'" to this task West only thought he ".hoped to get 500-600 responses, maybe." Yet, West was soon proved wrong, when just on the "first two days, 1,000 emails had landed in his inbox", and according to West the emails "most began 'I've never told this to anyone before.' Tales of both heartache and happiness poured in.
In order to use the gift certificate you will have to purchase through her link, if you’re the winner, I will also give you more information on what needs to be done at checkout.The album was recorded at the following studios Dark Horse Recording Studio in Franklin, Tennessee, Townsend Sound in Franklin, Tennessee and Vibe 56 in Nashville, Tennessee by the producers Brown Bannister and Pete Kipley. Valerie has generously offered to give one of you a $25 gift certificate, so you to can experience the beauty in this jewelry. One lucky reader of The Neat Things in Life, is going to have a chance to check out their products first hand. If you would like this by Mother’s Day you will have to use the express shipping method. If you’re not sure which charms your mom would like best, give her a gift certificate so she can pick out what represents her life the best.
This Mother’s Day get your mom a Origami Owl necklace, that will help her tell her story. I will be adding more charms to my locket, I love that the lockets are a window to your story, and that each charm is meant to represent something, whether it’s something big, or something small. The pink fluffy heart represents how my heart feels, and of course the tag, blessed. The June Birthstone represents a lot in my life, my husband and I both have birthdays in June, and we were also married in June. I love my dog, that says it all, we brought bones into our lives about a year ago, and he has played a huge role in our lives, he is like our son. Now let me tell you why: The August Birthstone represents when I became a mom, it’s the month my life changed many years ago, which then leads me to the forever family charm, we will forever be a family no matter what happened in the past, or what may happen in the future. Well, inside this box is our fortune of the life, we have already had.Īs I opened the box I found a cute pouch that was like the fortune cookie, and inside was my necklace.Įr Birthstone.
Inside the fortune cookie, we have a fortune. However, I see the box representing Chinese, and with Chinese we know we have fortune cookies. I think this is neat, I am not sure if this has the meaning I see it as. My necklace arrived in what I like to call a Chinese take out box. I was able to make my own Origami Owl necklace to tell my story. I had no interest, but after looking at the site, and realizing that you customize the jewelry to fit you, and that you made it your story, I grew interested to learn more. When I was first approached, I looked at it, as another necklace. I personally had never heard of this product until recently. With the see-through lockets, you can add whatever charms you would like to help you share your story. The idea behind the line, is to allow women to share their stories in a different way. Today, it’s a very successful business, with thousands of independent designers, who host parties or as they like to call them Jewelry Bars. How many of you have heard of Origami Owl? Origami Owl, is a custom jewelry company started by a 16 year old girl, who was on a mission to save money to purchase a car.