music to my ears

I received this in the mail on Saturday.  

These three CDs that I had only just talked about with one of my girlfriends.  

See, a week or so before I was texting with a dear friend of mine about my 2014 anthem, Brave by Sara Bareilles.  She had told me that she had her CDs and would burn them for me.

  

Oh, I was so excited!  

I'd have these burned CDs and drown myself in them.  Listen to them all day and hear a voice singing my brave to me and all the others lyrics I needed to hear.  I would quickly fall more into love with Sara Bareilles and envelope myself in her inspirational and empowering music.  I had a plan!

But, oh my goodness, when the little package came in the mail on Saturday afternoon...

I tore that thing open!  

I took out the CDs, expecting them to be copies which was a blessing already, but no...

My sweet friend outdid herself.

Three original CDs, with one of them being her live concert version with DVD!

I cried.

Those happy fat tears ran down my cheeks.

I felt redeemed.

Yes, because of a packet of CDs.

It really isn't the gift that took my breath away.  It's the thought behind it.  That I am special to her.  That I matter enough.  That she knows that I can be brave enough.  I got all of that from this gift.  

Back in December, when I first really heard those lyrics...

it was because of another friend that said when she heard certain lyrics in Brave she thought of me.

That was a gift in itself.

These women have put their hands on my back and held me steady 

when I thought I was no longer able to. 

They have uplifted me.

They give me strength.

In words...

With music...

By being an example to me.

And for that I am thankful.

Sara Bareilles is playing in the background as I write this post.

Her music is filling my veins with warmth of 

love.

Love that only a friend can give.

Thank you, Brenda.

Thank you, Megan.

Thank you God for these gifts you have given me in them.