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Sarah Olson's avatar

Thank you for sharing these beautiful words and message of hope through the resurrection, which can be so easy to forget in the face of a suffering world.

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Courtenay Budd's avatar

Thank you, Sarah. It IS so easy to forget and often hard to believe. But, as someone who has always wrestled with faith, I'm finding that praying for it, asking my Father for the gift, is never in vain.

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Thalia Toha's avatar

Courtenay- There’s such rounded wholesomeness to this piece. From piano, to Ukraine, to verses, to my favorite, the phrase: “cotton-enclosed.” Beautiful. Doing ok this week, Courtenay?

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Courtenay Budd's avatar

Thalia! Thank you! I was OK weeks ago when you asked me <wipes egg off face>, but even better now. Catching up. Thank you so much for being here.

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Thalia Toha's avatar

Good to hear Courtenay! Stay well. 🙏

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Courtenay Budd's avatar

You as well, Thalia.

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Douglass Teschner's avatar

Love that you are thinking and singing for Ukraine, a beautiful country where I lived for 4 years.

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DJ's avatar

What a beautiful performance.

For some reason it made me think of the haunting but hopeful voice part from Gorecki’s second symphony. Have you ever performed that by chance?

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Courtenay Budd's avatar

Aw, thank you. I love that piece. Had a near miss a couple of years ago, but the symphony decided to go in another direction with programming. It’s a heartbreaking work.

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