Songs from the Cozy Cottage
Barefoot Grace began as a creative experiment.
Part songwriting project, part healing journey, these songs were born from conversations, memories, observations, and stories gathered along the way.
The music leans toward Americana, gospel, blues, and country soul—warm, imperfect, hopeful, and honest.
Some songs were inspired by real people.
Some emerged from seasons of grief, recovery, and reflection.
Others came from the quiet moments in between.
Like the essays on this site and the pages of The Middle Ground, these songs are rooted in a simple practice:
Pay attention. Be kind. Tell the truth.
The Barefoot Grace Album
These songs tell many of the same stories explored elsewhere on this site—stories of recovery, faith, belonging, heartbreak, healing, and finding our way home to ourselves.
The Girl With the Big Heart
A song for anyone who has ever been told they are “too much” when what they really are is deeply alive. It’s about tenderness, wholeheartedness, and the courage to keep loving in a world that often rewards self-protection.
Too Much in a Small Town
A reflection on what it feels like to outgrow old expectations while still longing to belong. Part love letter to small-town life, part anthem for those who never quite fit the mold.
I Learned to Pour
Before I learned to sit with my feelings, I learned to pour a drink. This song explores addiction, recovery, and the long journey of discovering what we were really thirsty for all along.
High on Hope
For the seasons when certainty is unavailable but hope remains. A reminder that sometimes faith isn’t confidence—it’s simply taking the next step anyway.
The Day Everything Broke
A song about the moments that divide life into “before” and “after.” The losses, endings, and upheavals that leave us changed forever—and the unexpected gifts hidden in the rubble.
Lithium Lullaby
A gentle reckoning with mental health, survival, and healing. Written for anyone who has wondered whether they could ever trust their own mind again.
Still Here
For the people who kept going when quitting would have been easier. A song about resilience, recovery, and the quiet victory of simply staying.
Big Feelings
Inspired by the children I have loved and cared for—and the adults still learning the same lessons. A reminder that feelings are meant to be felt, not feared.
The Way I Love
A song about loving with your whole heart, even when it would be safer not to. Vulnerable, honest, and unapologetically sincere.
Almost Yours
For the relationships that never fully became what they might have been. A reflection on timing, longing, and the people who shape our stories without staying in them.
The Gentle Lead
Inspired by a simple question: What if leadership looked less like control and more like connection? A song about guiding, teaching, and influencing without force.
Home in Myself
The final song on the album and, in many ways, the destination of the journey. A return to self-trust, belonging, and the peace that comes from no longer abandoning yourself.
More songs are being written as the journey continues.