How time flies! I will never forget this wonderful and uplifting day back in 2011, but not for the reason you’d think. It is so true that tragedy is often followed by miracles. And not only was this day a miracle, with how the whole Kenton crew made me feel, but it was filled with hope…

A few days before KENTON magazine’s spotlight photoshoot and interview was gonna be done, I was burglarized and my whole world fell apart. I never felt so empty inside. Many of you close to me remember and it’s taken me so long to come back to me from it.

Everything I’d ever achieved personally and musically was ripped from under me. My computer, hard-drive and all my musical instruments and gear just removed. Personal things from my grandma and mom and things from childhood I’ll never get back. My Taylorguitar.vn that I loved so much and named one of my very first EP’s after “Just Me and My Taylor” back when I lived in “La La Land”, gone…

And in all the fear, sadness and utter shock inside of me, tiny little miracles occurred to give me some calm and hope in people. I had friends in my life help me out without my even asking and my heart warmed a bit. Like Monroe Quinn who generously gave me one of his guitars, to keep, since I was a few days away from this photoshoot and interview with no guitar. Still have it and ❤ it. Or like Hiromasa Suzuki who was working at Guitar Center at the time and asked his management if he could used his discount to help me out to build my music gear and instruments back up with it. I was able to do so with the money I got back from MusicPro Insurance from this tragedy.

The goodness of these two people alone and the warm hearts of others made me feel a sense of hope. And on that day when I had this Kenton shoot, while inside I was honestly at such a loss, somehow the crew made me feel like a rock star the whole day.

I’m forever grateful. Just wanted to share that…