There was a post on my Facebook page that reminded me that I've forgotten an important piece of me along the road of motherhood.
Did you know that pre-Yummy Mummy Club, and really pre-kids, I was a very busy songwriter? I started in the early 90's teaming up with singer/songwriter Tim Thorney. Our creative styles meshed and we began a decade long partnership. In keeping with my innate need for entrepreneurship Tim and I decided to find artists, write their whole album, produce it and then launch our own record label to promote and sell it.
Cassandra Vasik became the voice of our music. A quirky singer from Blenheim, Ontario had a voice of the angels but no desire to write. I poured out my life into her songs and she brought them to life. In 1992 Cassandra Vasik was awarded a Juno for Best Country Female Vocalist for her album WildFlowers created by us. Truly a highlight of my life. I found this old video on You Tube.
In total Tim and I co-wrote and produced eight albums for a variety of artists - most of it in the country/roots genre - except for the theme of the Pipi Longstocking animated film/tv series we wrote. I was incredibly creatively fulfilled working with Tim.
But, one day Tim got the call from Alanis Morrisette to write. The three of us wrote a couple of tunes together and then went our separate ways.
Since that time I've co-written with a variety of extremely talented songwriters.
Which brings me to that post on Facebook. One of the co-writing teams I last wrote with is the very talented Laura Torno and her husband Earl. We penned a song called Somebody Like Me years ago. Apparently the song has recently been recorded by a Nashville country vocalist named Erica Nicole, and according to my Facebook post, is sitting at #1 on the New Top 20 on Demand on the Bull 94.9 in Atlanta. Wow.
But it makes me think about motherhood and the sacrifices we make.
There just isn't enough time in the day to do everything. I launched Yummy Mummy Club as a means to connect with like minded mummies - and thanks to you - it's become much bigger than I could have ever dreamed.
But it comes as a cost. Songwriting is on hold. I'd rather have time to play with my kids, help them with homework and cuddle with them.
It's a different kind of fullfillment. Maybe one day I'll write songs with my kids - and have the best of all worlds.
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