I still struggle to this day trying to forgive my parents for how we were raised. Now I just try to make the most of my life. My father always put down my dream of being a singer. Leann was my fave singer when I was very young and to this day she still is! I kinda look up to her in a way. Her song 'light in your eyes' made me realize that I cant give up on what I want to do with my life. My dad kinda scared me off stage but I am trying to get back singing on stage and pursue my music career. But I am also going to school to be a veterinary Tech. because I also have a huge love for animals! Some days the things my dad use to say still echo through my head but I shake if off and keep pushing forward! I just got married to a great guy this last May and he is very supportive with my goals in life. And also helps me forgive my parents!

At the age of 7 my parents were divorced. My mother was cheating on my father. And my father was verbally abusive and had a very short temper. My mom had drug addiction problem and also was an alcoholic. She was always in trouble with the law and spent most of my youth in prison. My father raised me and my two younger siblings on his own. He worked nights mostly so I had to look out for my siblings a lot growing up. I matured very quickly because my mother was never there and my siblings looked up to me. I helped them with their homework and looked out for them in school. I basically helped my father raise them. My dad had such a short temper that he would verbally abuse us a lot! I stuck up for my siblings and was hit several times by my father for it. When I was about fourteen, I realized my mom made a lot of unkept promises and only contacted me when she wanted help with money or something. My dad would exagerate the way my mother was and told me I would be just like her. After two years of no communication with my mother, and excluding her from my graduation, I learned to forgive her but still be cautious. I also learned to forgive my father and try to get along with him.

Life is dynamic. We go through ups and downs. I lost my mother and had a miscarriage 10 years ago. The pain was overwhelming and crushing. I didn't think it could get worse. Then, 2 years ago, I lost my father to cancer. I was able to care for him in my home until the day he passed. I was a daddy's girl. He had lived we our family. I was devastated, but I still had my baby brother. We were best friends and we thought we could get through it together. But 11 months later, on Nov 3rd, 2007, my only sibling and best friend was killed in a tragic car accident, within a few hundred yards from my house. I was broken. Then 2 months aga, I lost another pregnancy.
I'm working on recovery. I am thankful for the time God gave me with my family while they were here on earth. I know they are in heaven waiting for me. For now, God has blessed me with my husband, twin 8 year old boys, and another 7 year old wonderful boy. My children fill my heart and I don't take anything for granted. I find inspiration in music (your amazing grace version is 'amazing'), the bible, and my children. Thank you

I just realized the version I heard was the KASKADE Remix while listening to XM. I remember the DJ said he can't believe he's playing LeAnn Rimes. It's a different experience.....and the one I'll workout to and clean to! Great song, especially with surround sound at home, iPod walking, or driving with it loud.

I came to the site to share how happy it made me to discover your song while driving home after dropping my son off at school. After reading the replies from the top, I ended up crying for the wife of the soldier, the mom who lost her daughter, the young woman, all those suffering with so much heartache, loneliness and loss.
I've lived through the tragedy of losing a fiance' in a car accident, my father two days later to suicide, and many other challenges and struggles, but I still always seem to feel the pain of others, and wish I could take it away. My heart goes out to you, and all your fans who connect to this song on deep levels due to their own personal journey through life.
How wonderful to be able to touch so many people in so many different ways. For me today, the song makes me want to move, it lifts my spirit, it motivates me, it makes me appreciate where I am and what I have, and that is an amazing thing to happen from just listening to a song.
I hope you'll write more like this, the music is especially haunting and uplifting. Can't wait to walk to it with my iPod, and clean to it in the house!
Thank you,
~ Elizabeth