I mentioned my admiration for musician Hilary Weeks but when I saw the video for her newest release, Beautiful Heartbreak, I just had to share.
She gave the back-story of writing it at Time Out for Women. There were four babies in her congregation at church who were born to different families. All four had severe medical challenges but friends and neighbors banded together in amazing ways to support these families as they tried to nurse their babies back to health.
All four of them died within the year.
Hilary mourned with them but was so inspired to see how they dealt with the loss and wrote this song. While it’s not inherently religious, I love it because it is human. No one goes through life without heartbreak of some kind–whether it’s depression or unemployment, loneliness, illness or death.
Be sure to watch the video until the end…that’s when my big, ugly cry broke out.
No worries. I’m not featured in the video blubbering away.
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Hilary Weeks Video
This song is such a great reminder to take the good with the bad and that life is sometimes a beautiful heartbreak.
But we can still make it beautiful.
Buy her new CD “Every Step” on iTunes here. And no, this is not a sponsored post. I just think she’s pretty darn great.
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 