Your Voice Is A Sacred Tool—Use It With Love

What if one note could soften your chest and change your day? We open with a heart chakra sound bowl, a simple humming practice, and an emerald-light visualization that turns tension into warmth. Then we anchor that feeling with a short surrender prayer—“Lord, empty me, fill me, use me”—that helps quiet ego, push back fear, and keep love at the center of daily choices.

From there, we follow the trail of sound into community. I share the electric charge of worship rehearsals, the joy of taking my family to a stadium full of voices, and the humility of grieving a brother alongside people who show up no matter how hard the road gets. There’s a favorite story about a tambourine, a spotlight, and how live music can flip a switch in your soul when the message is honest and the room is all in. We talk about how conscious music—songs that honor love, earth, and awakening—turns concerts into catalysts and strangers into allies.

We also get practical about caring for the voice. You’ll hear vocal hygiene tips from Free the Music: hydrate early and often, choose juicy foods, warm up with humming, lip trills, and playful “shalala” runs, soften the jaw and neck, and speak blessings over your sound. If listening back to yourself feels hard, use compassion as a technique and remember that skill grows where shame lets go. I’m working on my own soul song this year—verses, chorus, bridge—and inviting you to nurture yours.

There’s family, travel, and discernment too: holding excitement for upcoming festivals while weighing safety questions with prayer and presence. Through it all, the throughline stays clear—keep the heart open, reduce judgment, and let frequency and faith do their quiet, steady work. If you felt a shift while reading this, press play, breathe with me, and hum “yum.” Then share this with someone who needs gentleness today. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: what practice keeps your heart open right now?

Transcript

Welcome, Prayer, And Intention

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Right now. We're all connected. Everything is aligning for me, and I'm gonna give the glory to the good Lord of above and putting up with all this 5G nonsense. Come. Now is the time to wotion to sing with me. Come. Now is the time to give you heart. Come just as you are to wish. Come just as you are beautiful. Come. Yes, yes, yes. I love it. Thank you so much for being here. My name is Ashley Amber, the host of Sunshine and Bubbles High Vibing Podcast, where we're on a mission to spread peace, love, and light and some good energy. So as I rub my hands together, I want to say a little prayer for you and yours. May you continue to be blessed and abundant as you go throughout your day and know that you are worthy. You are confident, you are successful, and you matter. You make such a difference in this world. And I believe in you, and you should believe in you too, because you are chosen. All right. All right. That's just a good mentality to get all into here. They were all here, living, loving, learning for a purpose. And I couldn't be more stoked to be sharing this platform with you, my dear friends. Week after week, people always seem to make me smile as they say, then I make them smile. And I think that's my special gift. That's my purpose here on this earth. I love being goofy, silly, funny, my authentic self. I can be serious too. And believe it or not, I'm very, very smart, okay? But I prefer to just live in the moment and be present and be goofy and silly and just spread some peace, love, and knowledge on y'all as I'm learning through the holistic healing space, which hemp has opened me up to. If it was not for DNA hemp and getting in tune and connected with plant medicine, I would not be where I'm at in my healing journey in the space of alternative or holistic healing or the non-contemporary alternative healing. And by that I mean by using plant medicine, sound, acupuncture, massage, frequencies, vibrations, crystals, all of it. There is so many different kinds of healing out there. And one of my favorite is just being in breath. So I invite you to take a big deep breath with me. Inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. And we're just gonna let it all go. We're gonna let it all go and leave it at the foot of the cross, because that's exactly what he's asking us to do. Indeed, my friends. That is my why. I really feel like everywhere in my journey has pushed me towards spreading the Great Commission or spreading the good news of our dear Lord and Savior, of our creator, if you will, divine source energy. And that's exactly what I plan to do. And it's been such a wonderful journey filled with music and love and creation and plants and using the earthen energy. And I'm just so excited to share it with you. Just like here today, I busted out my green crystal sound bowl. And I think a lot of you have seen these out there, whether your friend has one, or maybe you have one, or you've seen them on the internet, a YouTube video. They're incorporated into a lot of different spaces, and I would love the opportunity to be able to play it for you right here, right now. What do you think? Is it a go? Let's go. Okay, so we're gonna tune in to the green chakra sound bowl. Now, sound healing just in and of itself is a very useful tool for you to tap into, for it clears up any stagnant energy in your chakras. Does anyone out there know what a chakra is? Or better yet, what this green chakra sound bowl speaks to? If you want to put it in the comments below, that'd be awesome. Maybe just trust your intuition as that first voice, what do we think? I know some people are like, Ashley, this is really easy, but some people do not know, and that's okay. It's all on the journey and exploration of discovery, and that's right where we're at. So yes, I love hearing these sounds. This is speaking to your heart chakra. Right here in the center of your chest. Or the anahata as it's called, and it is the F note. And I learned just recently that while you're playing or listening to the anahata green crystal chakra bowl, you can hum to increase your vibration and do a little the the hum would be yum. Like yum. I can really feel that. Wow. That is intense right here in my heart. I'll try I want to do it again. Yum. Oh, that's powerful stuff. Yum. Okay. I love that. Whoa. All right, that humming vibration really enhances the frequency of this sound ball. Holy shnikes! I could feel that vibration through my heart. It's almost as if I could feel the stagnant energy just like vibrating out and then just sending it out, and hopefully into beautiful love vibes to you. Oh, from the highest and best. You know, the heart chakra speaks to love, compassion, and emotional healing. It's your heart center, and that's where we store a lot of hurt and a lot of goodness too, right here in your heart, and that's where we're told to operate from is from a place of love. So if you will, while we're listening to the heart chakra and listening to these vibrations, close your eyes and imagine a green emerald in your heart. It's right there, glowing. A glowing green emerald. And as you imagine that glowing green emerald, I want you to visualize it expounding out and getting larger and larger. Yes, that emerald glow is growing throughout your entire body and actually gonna create a green emerald bubble all around you. A love bubble, if you will. Don't let me pop your bubble. Hold it steady and strong, and repeat after me, either in your head or out loud, these affirmations. I am love. I give myself compassion and love freely, just like I give to other people. I love myself. I love you.

SPEAKER_00 9:04

Do you love me too? The answer is yes, yes, yes, yes a million times over.

SPEAKER_01 9:11

And know that our good Lord is loved. Know that Jesus can do nothing but to love. And he calls that with every breath you love yourself too. So you can be an expression of Him and share the love. Keep your heart chakras open, friends. That is the key to living a healthy and happy, successful life. I truly believe in that. So by keeping your heart chakra open, you can reduce judgment. Judgment on yourself, on other people, and get harmona harmoniaze your healing. And by getting in tune with that heart rhythm, you're really able to let those vibrations expound out into a world of pure bliss and awesomeness. And I just love that for us today. Absolutely, positively amazing. Mm-hmm. This is all good news. I wanted to share that heartbowl chakra with you. That is what my intuition was telling me to play and share. And I feel like I've been having this prayer on my heart that just speaks to the inner depths of my soul. And that is what I've been learning in Lent through using some other apps and audio channels that friends have shared with me.

Mantras For Surrender And Spiritual Warfare

SPEAKER_00 10:58

And it says, Lord, empty me. Lord empty me. My limitations. I put on myself. My expectations. Empty me from all that. Fill me with your love. Your will. Your grace. Your mercy. Your devotion. Use me for your purposes. Your divine rage. All I can ask and hope and pray. And so it is. And so it will always be. Just like. I've been having this mantra. Follow me throughout the weeks.

Worship Concert Anticipation And Family

Grief, Fellowship, And Witness

Past Concert Breakthroughs And Tambourine Story

Conscious Music Movement And Vocal Hygiene

SPEAKER_01 12:23

Empty me. Fail me. Use me, dear Lord. And it's really helped me operate from a place of love and compassion and grace and mercy. And as I go throughout my day and deal and deal with situations and encounters, good, bad, or ugly, I keep that mantra close to my heart. And whenever I feel something ugly bubbling up, the devil trying to get into my thoughts, into my head, I say, no, Lord, empty me. Fail me. Use me. And it's just that very thing of saying, be gone, devil, not today, and calling upon the Lord. It is, it's it's that is being said, and that is what happens. And that's such a beautiful thing to have those mantras, to have those prayers just in our pocket, close to our heart, so we can fend off any bad vibrations and keep the good vibes flowing. Also, in one of the Lenten prayers, it talked about all of us being children of God and looking into other people, whether they know it or not, that they are a child of God. So now every single time I look into someone's eyes, I see God's work and his will and his weaving, him being the master weaver. And even if I that person irks me or they're they're negative or they're not like Matt meeting me at my vibe. Like I just have to look into their eyes and smile and know that they are chosen just like me. And none of us are clean. We are all dirty rags, but washed clean by our good Lord's salvation and resurrection on the cross. And I am no better than anyone else. And that's what the Lord sees. He sees me for all of my faults, all of my imperfections, and still loves me. And so that's how he wants us to love others. And so that is what we are called to do. And that is my why here on Sunshine and Bubbles, and why I'm so persistent in doing what we're doing. Because for whatever reason, he's using me with my open throat chakra to be able to spread this message. And I know in my heart, it is, I could be saying something totally different here today. And you're here, you could be hearing something totally different than what I'm saying. But I have to get off that high horse and know that it is not about me, but to get out of my own way and know that I'm just a conduit to do his work, to fill me and use me for his will. And that is amazing. So I'm just like a child with wide eyes, just out there trying to live and love and learn everything that I possibly can here in this life as we continue on through eternity. And I just think that's such an amazing adventure, and I'm super stoked on it, and I love to share it. I'm on fire for Jesus. I can't help it. And that's wonderful too, because in church I was also reminded that, you know, Jesus doesn't want you lukewarm. He'd rather have you either cold so he can use you and put you on fire or on fire so you can go and spread the good word. Not lukewarm, not just half-hearted. He wants your whole heart. Your whole heart. And that is what I've chosen to surrender and give. And we're coming on to the running with that. And today, during my meditation and prayer, it really came through that I've been putting all these expectations on myself of what I should be doing, how I should act, what I should say, and really all of that is just my ego talking. That has nothing to do with his purposes, what he's trying to fill me with. So I'm letting go of any expectation and stepping into a place of presence and the unknown and a surrendered will to be able to use me as he sees fits, and that's such a beautiful thing. Yes, it's just so good. I'm so stoked. Uh, music is all around me. Not only did I have worship practice yesterday, where we sang, huh? Now is the time to worship. But we also have a huge concert coming up in Elevation Worship. I am so stoked on it. My whole family is going. Danny, Nevada, and Nixon, and myself, also my sister-in-law Rachel, is going with her whole family, her sons and husband, and the Schaefer boys are going to be at their first ever Elevation Worship Christian music concert at the Pfizer Forum this Saturday. We were the lucky ones to be able to get tickets and attend this. I'm also going with my neighbor Nanny and her whole family. It was kind of funny because I don't know if I should share this, but here it goes. My husband was like, it's his first Christian music concert. And he was like, Ashley, is there gonna be beer there? I don't know if he said it like this, but he's like, Ashley, is there gonna be beer there? I'm like, yeah, there is beer. He's like, all right, I'm in. So didn't take him much, and I feel like it was like, all right, well, we're all going. We're all gonna go experience this together. And I'm so excited because if anyone has seen an Elevation Worship concert live and in person, it is so invigorating, so energizing. And you leave there like more than just fire. You are like flaming, you are blazing in his love and glory to be surrounded with all the other Christians and their good energy and you just vibe with one another. It's like unlike a feeling that is really hard to explain. It is really something that I would love to share with the world. And that's what Elevation and Worship has made their music with their talents and abilities and been able to share. I just cannot believe that Danny Schaefer, I don't want to make him out to be like this because he's always been a super solid, amazing good guy. But he's just not your traditional, like, you know, Bible thumper, like preacher. I don't know. He's just, it's fun to watch his journey and see his heart soften towards the Lord and not not put him up. And now, I mean, he's going to this concert with his brother, Jamie, who, you know, is a wonderful rebel in his own right, but loves Jesus. And the fact that we're sharing this with our family and our kids to get to witness this all together is just gonna strengthen our bond. And I just can't wait to see. I'm just so stoked in living in awe and wonder of what Jesus has in store for us here because make no doubt that there is a reason why we were all able to get these tickets and sit in fellowship together and throw our hands up and sing our praises to the Lord. I think that we're really gonna open some eyes, open some hearts. I know that's what's gonna happen in my world, in my universe, and I'm looking forward to sharing that with the ones that I love the most, and including my neighbors. How amazing and awesome is that! So it's kind of crazy though, because right before the concert, we have a funeral to go to at our church in New Life. One of our brothers had passed away. He had a really long battle. He was in dialysis for a while, and and you could just tell that he was struggling, but he never complained. He never uh showed it outwardly, and he showed up every Sunday for church. Um, and and push, come or shove, he was there. And I just am so inspired by his commitment to be in fellowship with his brothers and sisters and and recognize the importance of what that looks like. And it's different for everybody, but he really shown me his integrity and compassion and will to worship our Lord. And geez, I can only hope and pray to be like that in my last years. So we're gonna go pay our respects to our brother and then go give it to God in Elevation Worship concert, and Elevation Rhythm is gonna be there as well. And there's a special pastor that is gonna kind of be leading through it. So it's kind of gonna be like a church type sermon, if you will, with super enriching and awesome music. And I remember I've been, I've seen Elevation Worship before this past summer, I believe. Or was it two summers ago at the Summerfest grounds? But it wasn't during Summerfest Summerfest, it was at the American Family Amphitheater there. And I had also gone with my neighbor Nan and her daughter and my daughter and some of my friends, my soul sisters, Kelly and Rachel, were there as well. And the devil tried so hard to not let us into that concert. Oh my gosh, the tickets were like gone from my phone. I had all the tickets. I could not find them. I was on the phone trying to capture them. They weren't letting us in. They're like, ma'am, you need you need tickets. I'm like, I swear I paid. Here is my receipt, but it wasn't enough. The tickets weren't showing up. And would you believe the Lord works in mysterious ways? They were like, all right, like I can see you struggling here. We're gonna let you into this concert, which was absolutely amazing. And I'm like, let's go. The devil did not win. We the good one and the kids were all of us were shocked at how that happened and how that played out. I can't, it's hard to even describe it on here because it was pretty wild how that how that opened up the that opportunity to us. But we went into the concert and oh, my heart was just so full to see all those beautiful children of God throwing up their hands and singing their praises to the Lord, including my own, and with with my sisters and neighbors and friends. And I feel like something woke inside of me that day. I didn't even realize that that kind of concert was even possible, that that that this was happening around America. That I and I felt crazy because I was like, I've been missing out on this this whole time. Like this is amazing. It was, they weren't just words. It was it was a whole vibration. It was a it was a whole feeling, it was a whole like affirmation that this is exactly where I needed to be and what and what I needed to strengthen my faith. And I just I knew I was amongst my people. I had arrived, and I was willing to keep on taking my faith to the next step. And you know, opening my eyes to that type of music was just awe-inspiring, and it was I was in wonder. And I was egged on to bring my tambourine uh that had ribbons flowing from it, and I was playing the tambourine. I don't know if I should have had that tambourine, but they let me in with it. And Elevation Worship actually caught sight of that tambourine, and they they put the spotlight on me and they're like, Bring up the tambourine. I don't know if it's like that, but kinda. And I did, I was like, yes, use the tambourine. And I like kind of like the fees parted, and I galloped up to the front, and I couldn't quite like reach them on the stage. They were at a place where I couldn't like w go to, and I passed the tambourine up to them, and they actually used the tambourine on the stage as for one of their songs, and we were all of us were like just like, yeah, that's awesome! Because if that tambourine could talk, I tell you, it is a beautiful tool and an instrument to spread his message and elevation worship. The band themselves actually utilized that tool and then passed it back to me, and we kept on rocking in the free world. I wanted to get up on that stage so bad, I was like, the tambourine comes with me. Like the let's go! Like, I want to play, be part of the band. Like, I'm with it. But it was not my time. It was definitely not my time. And I had to sit back down and and accept that. And that was okay, but I was really humbled to know that that they played with the tambourine, and that was next level amazing. And you can't make this stuff up. And all of us just skipped the loo right on out of that concert with a renewed faith and strengthened relationships and with each other to have experience that together and with our good Lord, our divine creator, and our source of energy. And my battery was full. It was kind of like if it was empty, it was just like all the way up. Let's go. Nothing can stop me, and keeping that fire just burning, burning for him. And so I'm so excited to go back and experience this again with the family. As I know Pfizer Forum is such a wonderful uh venue to host Elevation Worship as I've last seen them with Brandon Lake, and just to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Christians out there in unity coming together and the Lord hearing every single one of our prayers that day and recommitting ourselves to Jesus. Ah, it's just powerful stuff. I also sponsored a child that lives in Africa through One Vision that day, and it's been fun to keep up the updates with her and how just you know a small contribution can help and pay it forward. So that kind of opened my eyes up to that form of giving too. And then, you know, of course, you we've all grown up like seeing that on the TV of like just five cents a day can help, but I really kind of hit home of like how you know what seems so little to us can make such a huge difference to other people. So I, you know, I'm not supposed to spread that or like I'm not bragging that I went that I did that, but um, the Lord reached my heart that day, and I decided to say yes, and and it's been really rewarding and fulfilling, and I just thought I would share that. Uh so it's been you know, musical journey to say the least, and also I was able to listen into Miss Katz Katrina Kat for short, uh, she is the founder of Free the Music Ministry. And I know I've talked about that before on my podcast of what Free the Music Ministry is trying to do, but they are running a conscious music revolution. And for those that don't know what conscious music is, it is music that is about the Great Awakening and high vibrational subjects of things that are speaking to your soul, not just about this, this, that, and the other, you know, and it's filled with really good messaging about the earth and and love and harmony. And I just absolutely love this conscious music revolution that we're experiencing. And Free the Music is actually urging people and empowering others to share their soul songs. And I just love Miss Cat. She's a free spirit, a mother of a wonderful tribe who I've never met yet, but feel like I know. And I'm always thinking fondly of her and her family and what she's doing out there. And the Zoom meeting that she held or the workshop was a vocal hygiene. So I am new to the musical world and didn't even realize that vocal hygiene was even a thing, right? I'm like, what? A vocal hygiene. Um, but it's how we take care of our voice. And behind all of you know this conscious music and taking care of your voice and like getting to know your voice is you know, knowing your why, why you are sharing, why you are singing your soul song, and getting in tune with that. And I feel like really your heart center has a lot to do with that. So kind of why I chose this sound bowl, and you know, uh, she also shared something that she had learned from a mentor along the way, is that the only thing that you can grow is your authenticity. So, really empowering people to use your authentic voice, and that just struck me of like, yeah, you can only grow your true authentic self. I can try to be someone else all I want, but that that that comes to a dead end. That comes to no further retribution, right? Like, the only thing I can be is myself, and I'm gonna keep leaning into growing that. And so a part of that is with the why of why I keep showing up on the podcasts, despite all the trials, tribulations, and troubles, because it's all new to me. And and why is because I just want to keep learning and keep growing and keep getting better, and I know the more I speak and use my words and use my activated throat chakra and express this message, I'm only getting started. And it is not my plan. I'm throwing it up to the grace of God, and every single time I'm just like, you Lord, empty me, fill me, use me. But back to what I was learning. You know, the voice is part of our body, it is a tool and it and a channel to be able to communicate our soul, which is pretty wild to think that this body part is something we can grow. And it is vital to she's also shared is vital to sing from a relaxed space. That's why I like using these tools like the chakra sound bowls to be able to get into that nervous system reset where I'm cool, calm, and collected. And she also said to like soften your voice and like bond with your voice, you're supposed to like touch all your areas, all your adrenals. You know, it's all connected. So touch it, love it, you know, speak the sweetest blessings over it. And it was also it's cool too because there is different like uh exercises that you could do to practice before you sing or before you, you know, come on a podcast, these these vocal exercises, and uh one of them was humming, and kind of like what we did with the sound bowl that was like opening up the chakra energy centers. I just find myself humming all the time, and I learned that from my best friend Rachel, who is always humming, and and that's healing. Humming is healing, and it's warming up your voice to be shared, but it's also personal because you're not actually saying anything when you're humming. So I feel like I love that she kind of keeps that as part of her sacred and true self as well. And so coming at it from a little different perspective, that's super awe-inspiring as well.

SPEAKER_00 32:59

So humming try humming.

Humming, Hydration, And Warmups

Creating A Soul Song And Self-Compassion

SPEAKER_01 33:07

I just I think too that can break up any stagnant energy in some of your chakras and especially in your voice and your throat chakra. Anywho, Keep I feel like she touched on hydration and drinking plenty of fluids. And I thought, you know, before a show or before you come on and go live, you know, I never thought too much about what I ate beforehand, but you know, sticking away from like cheese and starches and heavy things that can like block the the energy flow and think of juicy things like pineapples or mangoes or you know, juice or or water, lots of water, tea, hot tea is one of my personal favorites to use, especially uh when it's a little colder outside. But you want to have a juicy voice, then drink juicy drink and eat juicy things, which was kind of fun to think about. And then the lip drills too with a brrrrrrr, or making runs like shalala. Can you repeat it after me? Shalala. That warms it up too. Um it's really connecting with yourself and you can grow as a singer. And I just thought that was really exciting to learn about the foundations of vocal freedom. And you know, the freedom is yours. You just gotta tap in and tune on. And that takes discipline and a lot of grace. I that struck me when she was talking about grace, giving yourself grace, especially when you hear your voice. Um, because sometimes it's really hard for me to even listen to my voice back. I'm like, oh, I've gotten better. But there's a lot of shame around hearing your own voice for whatever reason. And so I'm also surrendering that and letting it go and knowing and trusting the process and knowing that that is part of the process is that you do have to listen to your voice back. One of my goals for this year is to create a song. I already have a couple written, some ideas, some things that I want to put out there. I've shared some things on TikTok, but I want to create like a full-on song with uh the couple different verses, a chorus, and a bridge and record it on Garage Brand and share it. Wish me luck. I hope to do that this year. Uh, but it'll be my soul song. It'll be conscious and uplifting and channeled straight from the divine. So I gotta get over this shame of listening to my voice back because as you get into recording, that's all you have to, that's all you do is listen to your voice back. And that's some that's a really challenging part for me. Like I can go and speak all day long and say all kinds of things, but having to like edit that and play it back and hear that and and stick with it and be consistent and devoted to it, that's a whole nother story. But I can do hard things. Yes, I can. Mm-hmm. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. But it's really about growing this tool, honoring our voices, thanking it for showing up, integrity with our voice, integrating with our voice, trying new things, allowing the process of experimentation, vocal, I don't even know what that vocal exercises, listening to different music, genre, genres, and knowing your music history. That was all part of what Kat from Free the Music, the founder, talked about. And it really just got my my my mind thinking of you know all the growth and potential through the voice. And that is my wife here to practice to further his kingdom work. Oi! So I'm gonna stay true to the human sacred sound and expand my toolkit with reflections that resonate with me. And I'm super stoked to be here. So thank you, Miss Kat, for that. I love her energy. And if you haven't checked out Free the Music, Conscious Collective, please do. Um, they are all over on socials, and I know they host an awesome music festival of the arts as well, that where the facilitators or the musicians that are there are part of the experience that they create there to really empower people to use their sacred tool. So that's exciting times, and I absolutely love it. Conscious music, it's a whole vibe, and if you haven't heard of it, please look into it. I know my conscious music awakening started with Mike Love, and is I'm always chasing him because he's always creating and sharing, and I'm actually excited because we are going to Everwild Music Arts Festival in Ohio this summer. Mike Love is playing on my birthday, okay? It's so aligned, and the my husband's coming with, and we're gonna bring our kids, and it has some of my husband's favorite artists that are performing at this music festival as well. Um, that like a lot of different artists. So please check them out too. I'm really excited to be able to attend that. And the fact that he said yes, I'm like, all right, baby, it is go time. Little Stranger, Rome, slightly stupid, tropodelic, all that like Rasta Reggae, uh mixed in with some conscious awakening music, too. It's gonna be all good vibes there. So that is coming up, and then hey, the more the merrier. Let's go. It's guaranteed good time. So I'm really excited to be committed to that as well to further my conscious music awakening. And the first time that I seen Mike Love was at the Baja Cali Roots Music Festival in uh Baja, California in Cabo. And I remember when I first heard them, it was Leaders, the song that was playing from Mike Love, and like all the hair stood up on my arms, and I like stopped in my tracks at the show, and I was like, who is this? And I just feel like that song like resonated so deep with me and something that I didn't even know existed, and it just kind of opened up the whole world of the Conscious Music Collective and all the beautiful people that are keeping showing up and sharing their soul song. It's just really inspiring. So thank you, Mike Love, for opening that up for me. The other artists there is was great to dance to and and to sing along with, but it's the messaging that does it for me, it's what they're singing about that kind of really moves me and call and is like a call to action to do more, be more, care more. So I'm excited that I get to partake yet again. And he is coming so close, and it'll end our adventure each summer. We take the kids and do a family vacation with our travel trailer, and so that'll be like the cherry on top of our family vacation at the end of it, and right before football practice begins in August. So I'm excited that we get to camp out with a bang, and on my birthday, I get to be exactly where I want to be with who I want to be with, and it's so magical and aligned that you can't even make this stuff up. It's well. So, huh? But I've kind of been heavy this week. One more thing that I'll share that speaking of family and trips and where we're going is for spring break, we booked in a vacation to Porta Vallarta in Mexico. Been there before, a beautiful, lovely place. I've always felt safe. The boardwalk is amazing, the resort that we stay on is just top-notch. And we're gonna bring our family there. Rachel Schaefer and her family were gonna join us with the kids. And just this past week, like I want to say like five days ago, six days ago, there was a operation that took out the main Chapo, the cartel leader there in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. And we're like, what? Like they experienced a shutdown, the airports were affected, no tourists were hurt, but definitely some gangster activity with the cartels, and it just is not making me feel super safe about going there. But we've been reassured by the concierge and by the resort that things are going to be back to normal, and we're going over the holy week during Easter, so I can't imagine anything would happen. But I'm kind of in a really weird spot. My niece actually backed out of the vacation and was like, you know what, my mom's not letting me go, and neither is my boyfriend's mom. They really asked us not to go, so they don't feel comfortable with it. And I understand that everyone has a different level of comfort and little different levels of risk that they are able to assume. And I'm over here like, oh my gosh, like what am what am I to do? And I'm curious as to what you would do. If you were in my situation and you were to take your family to a place that just had a cartel attack that did involve the United States, the United States did assist it, and you were to travel there in five weeks, would you go? I'm just curious. I mean, in my heart of heart, like I know Mexico has always kind of been like proceed with caution zone because of the cartel, uh, but I've never felt unsafe there, and I continue to go back there. I just absolutely love it. But in this circumstance, I'm a little shook, and I can't help but to think that it is the devil trying to do his work and instill that fear. And so I'm like, just for today, just for today. I'm gonna just get through today. I'm just gonna be thriving here and today and not think too much about tomorrow. Baby. Uh the dogs agree that is exactly what I should be doing. But another part of me wants to be practical too and aware. So, what would Jesus do? He would, I'm gonna see where we go and reassess the situation in a couple weeks when we are to leave. So wish me luck, but I'm curious to get other opinions out there and see what you would do. Rip. Rippy! Ripley Root Root Ruby! Do you wanna come here and say goodbye, my sweet little love nuggets? Well, they just love coming with mama. But I think Daddy just got here on the farm, so they're gonna go say hello. And that is a perfect time for me to say I do. And until next time, friends, keep your heart chakras open and let that love flow in and say the prayer: Lord, empty me, fill me, use me for your divine purposes and your plan and your plan alone. Glory be to you, God. And in the fat in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. God bless. Be well. Much love.