<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font size="5" style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">In Harsh Times</span></font><div><font color="#202020" size="5" style="font-size: 22px;"><br></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 16px;"><font size="5" style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">I know, music alone<br>will not save us. But tonight<br>when my daughter played<br>the song we both love,<br>we smiled at each other,<br>all giddy and warm,<br>and some shriveled<br>part of me revived.<br>It was like those seeds<br>in the desert that wait years<br>to germinate—all they need<br>is one good rain.<br>That’s what a song can do.<br>Remind us our hope<br>is merely dormant, not dead.<br>Who could blame me, then,<br>for wanting to bring a song<br>to the whole thirsty world,<br>a song that soaks into<br>our parched hearts,<br>stunning us with just how fast<br>even the harshest world<br>can transform.</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><br><span style="background: white;"> </span><br></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer</span></font></p></div></div></body></html>