I've been quiet.
I have been busy. I have been hurting. I have been healing.
I have been living.
Sometimes life takes you where you never want to go, but you must let it take you there. 2012 started like any typical year and ended in a flurry of undesirable events. As summer shifted into fall and fall turned into winter, I found myself wishing time would speed up and launch me into the new year. Love was not good to me and death knocked on my door, but I survived.
I have cauterized 2012 and my enthusiasm for something new has taken hold.
Although I am glad to say goodbye to the past twelve months, a constant beauty was always present in music. Here are a few of my favorite songs from 2012: