Current Thinking – In Response:

To Special Moments

I’m writing to you from my kitchen as I’m perched on a stool and my laptop sits on a dish towel covering a crumb-littered counter. I just dumped a bag of frozen meatballs into a pot of tomato sauce and the water for spaghetti is on its way to a rolling boil. The dishwasher needsContinue reading “To Special Moments”

To Growth

Growth is not linear but a winding path of attention before, behind and all around you. Sheralyn Bateman This is, perhaps, the most common teaching point I have taught this semester. I have said it to students who doubt their improvements, who feel like they’ve stepped back in skill instead of forward and also toContinue reading “To Growth”

To Rhythm

*Disclaimer* I wrote this in October 2020 but never finished it. I enjoyed revisiting it and finishing it today. It’s a bit disjointed but I think the thoughts are at least there for you to consider. This season’s Magnolia Journal focuses on the theme of rhythm. So, of course, musician’s unite over this theme andContinue reading “To Rhythm”

To Memory

I’m on my second pot of coffee. The first was consumed on the familiar winding roads that lead through Meadowbrook, Jamesville, and Pompey. Destination: Highland Forest. I weaved down roads that I have known for many years, picking and choosing the side routes that may or may not be quicker but are too special toContinue reading “To Memory”

To Being Sheralyn Jeanne

I’m not one to usually share a lot about my life through the lens of being a performing musician. But tonight, that’s exactly what I’m going to do. I miss it terribly. I left the stage as a songwriter about 4 1/2 years ago and it was the best decision I could have made atContinue reading “To Being Sheralyn Jeanne”

To Faithfulness

Over the past 4 years I have moved almost 10 times, colored or changed my hair at least 20 times, changed jobs almost once a year apart from teaching private lessons, fluctuated in weight by 20lbs, ran miles well into the thousands, gone through a lot of chocolate, a lot of journals and a lotContinue reading “To Faithfulness”

To Aging

The first time I expected to hear “Sheralyn, you’re not [insert young age in comparison to old age here] anymore” was not at 26. I expected to be 46 when someone would say to me that I’m not 26 anymore. But no. At 26 I heard “Sheralyn, you’re not 16 anymore.” I don’t think it’sContinue reading “To Aging”

To Writing

I’m honestly not really sure why I’m here; only that writing keeps calling me back. It’s often a scary step to take when you know you’re supposed to do something but you really don’t know why. But what’s even scarier is when you don’t really know if it matters to someone else. The most vulnerableContinue reading “To Writing”