DESCRIPTION:
I tend to find reminders of God's love and to see His hand in my life when I look at His creations. For that reason, I recently recorded a cover of one of my most favorite LDS Primary songs, entitled "My Heavenly Father Loves Me" that I want to share with you in hopes that you might feel even just a tiny sense of that love when you listen to it. The words are so sweet and speak pure and simple truths. I especially love the declarations of gratitude in the lyrics.

This song was also the very first song I sang to Ruby when she was first born. I sang it to her through the small openings of her incubator in the NICU, hoping that in some small way it was something I could offer her as comfort since I couldn't hold her in my arms yet. I imagined that for her, everything she was experiencing was new: the bright lights, the cold air, the smell of hand sanitizer...all of it, new. However, my hope was that my voice was familiar to her, and that she would feel loved through this song, and so I sang it to her just about every day that she was in the NICU for the 40 days that she was there. It has an even deeper meaning to me now for that reason, and I hope you'll feel love when you hear it.

Audio recording and location: June Audio in Provo, Utah
Shot and edited by Lauren Merkley