Songwriter Sunday
Monday is the new Sunday, right?!
Not “Are You Afraid of the Dark Part 3”?!
Don’t worry. There will be more installments. I need some more time to feel ready to share more chapters of my life (that part at least). I appreciate your patience, friends.
Love again
It doesn’t seem to take too long before I return to one of my main inspirations…love.
I can’t help myself. I’m a hopeless romantic and proud of it. I love old movies like “An Affair to Remember” or “Young at Heart.” The music…the romance…the storyline…it’s all magic to me.
And, call me old fashioned, but I am a big fan of chivalry. The classics, like opening doors…pulling out chairs at the dinner table…switching sides of the sidewalk so I’m not the one next to moving traffic…it all makes me starry-eyed.
Something I’ve always appreciated is spending one on one time that is present. The ability to look each other in the eye…hear every word the other person in saying…being inquisitive and curious…again, magic.
It was easy to write a song about all of these feelings. I can’t imagine a day where love doesn’t lead me to a song.
I was honored to have my sister, Elizabeth Inclan, request that myself and Chad play my song, “The Only,” as her first dance at her wedding this past June. The fact that she connected that much with a song I had written…what a special feeling and moment in time.
Because, as it turns out, we all just want to feel seen and loved.
The Only
You caught me staring at you again
Into your twinkling eyes
Holding onto every word
Holding onto your light
You can’t dim that shine, babe
It’s brighter every day
With every shade of fall
I promise I’ll always say
I love the way you love
I love the way you speak
The way you wrap your love around me
I hope you’ll always feel
I hope you’ll always see
You are the one - the only
Can’t help but shed a tear
Thinking ‘bout each day
I don’t get to greet your heavenly face
But when the rain starts pouring down
I’ll find a way back to the town
Where our hearts began to sing as one
I love the way you love
I love the way you speak
The way you wrap your love around me
I hope you’ll always feel
I hope you’ll always see
You are the one - the only
Sharing Time
I’d like to share a song I wrote with you all, titled, “The Only.” It’s from my debut album, “Sweet Beginnings.” Sending lots of love to all of you.
I can’t wait to share the back story to more of my songs with all of you, as well as my journey in music and life. Until next time.
See you in a week
If you’re reading this, thank you. I’m honored. And I can’t wait to continue on this journey via Substack with all of you! We’ll see what next Sunday brings.
To learn more about myself, follow my show schedule and hear my music: Kathryn Severing Fox's website
Photo by Chad Elliott
The petals of love’s flowers are countless, seamlessly switching colors and shapes,like subtle movements of a sweet embrace. Listening, my emotions flowed through times and memories which sometimes softly fade, only to return to where I’ve held them always. We were meant to love, it’s life’s nectar and sweetens every moment remembered, especially when corporeality must surrender, and spirit returns to touch and comfort us once more. It is eternal, never ending, never forgotten, never lost.
Everyone who really lives must dance with love first, and forever.
Thank you for reminding me of this.
Debut album? Please hold onto those emotional gazes expressed through your music . It sure suits the mood my ears enjoy listening to.