December 7, 2023
This week Sarah and I
played our old Christmas songs
together in the studio.
We recorded our Snowglow EP back in 2012.
I can’t believe it’s been 11 years since then.
Replaying our old arrangements was nostalgic,
a step through a door back in time
just barely over a decade ago.
The feelings and emotions we had back then,
our life situation of me in grad school
and Sarah’s as a new mother.
There was excitement back then
mixed with the uncertainty of
being new parents.
It’s amazing how music can invoke
past memories and feelings like this.
My personal favorite song from Snowglow EP
is our rendition of “What Child Is This?”
Particularly the original bridge section
with original lyric and melody
adding to the further development of the song
with Sarah’s beautiful and hypnotic voice,
breathing life into the whole song.
We posted a video of this
You know, in retrospect…
just now it occurred to me
that these original lyrics that Sarah sang
indeed did reflect how we felt about being
brand new parents at that time
with a brand new baby son:
“Sleep, little child of mine
You are here for a reason divine
You give us the hope we need
Oh, to save us from a dreary, dreadful end”
As I reflect now over the last 11 years
with this baby boy of ours
I can truly say that he has brought so much joy
to mine and Sarah’s lives.
My eyes fill with tears in this realization actually.
I’ve been amazed watching him grow
and now become a pre-teen.
The laughs we’ve shared with him
and the positive company and light that he has
brought to our home… I’m so grateful for all of it.
It makes me think of when
Sarah and I first found out
we were pregnant.
We had only been married for 3 months.
We were in college together
taking a class on audio production.
We passed notes back and forth to each other
during class with baby names ideas, haha!
Fast forward 11 years to now
and we are beaming with smiles and tears
watching him perform on trumpet in his
6th grade band last night.
Life is beautiful, isn’t it?
And music just makes it that much more joyful.
I am excited to watch as our son
continues to discover his own “reason divine”
for being on this Earth at this time.
/n8
“Fenwick & the Futures