You know what I’ve found out in the last few weeks? Your vocal chords are REALLY important. I mean, really important. Have you ever tried not to make a noise for a day? How about even an hour? Try just 5 minutes…. It’s HARD. No whispering. No talking to myself. No humming along with the music. Just silence.

I never really knew how hard my vocal chords were working, until they were overworked. A little over a month ago, I hit my breaking point (no, my vocal chords didn’t literally break… but they kinda felt like it). It was a normal Sunday. My hubby, the Worship Leader for StoneWater Church, along with me and the rest of the band, were doing run-through for our services that morning. I noticed that my voice had not recouperated from the previous weeks of singing (my vocal chords get a little tired after singing about 20 songs in a morning) and I felt like I was really pushing myself too hard for the notes to come out. By the end of the day, my voice was hoarse, my throat hurt, and I think my vocal chords were screaming “Don’t you dare sing another note!”

Unfortunately, I did sing another note. Lots of other notes. For the next couple of weeks, I continued to lead worship and sing. Although it hurt my throat, I figured it was just something that would go away. Bbbuuuttt, it didn’t. It got to the point where even when I talked, my vocal chords would hurt. I knew there was a problem.

So, Eric scheduled me an appointment at the ear, nose, and throat doctor for a little thing called a Laryngoscopy. Basically, the doctor sticks a scope up your nose, through your sinus cavity, down your throat, and looks at your vocal chords. As you can imagine, I was a WEE bit nervous. I had some serious fear to fight off before the “procedure.” With a lot of people’s prayers and moral support from both my husband and my mom, I went and had my vocal chords checked.

Good news! My vocal chords look good, but really swollen. So, I’m on vocal rest for TWO WEEKS! No singing. No talking. No whispering. No humming. Nothing. I can’t say that I’ve been 100% silent, but I’ve been trying really hard. I realized that I do things that I didn’t know about myself before… such as, I talk to my dogs. Frequently. Yeah… I know… I’m weird.

Anyway, I’m doing my best to be quiet, so if you can help me by giving me a friendly wave instead of trying to strike up a conversation, that would make me feel a lot better about feeling like I’m ignoring you by not talking. LOL! I cannot WAIT to get back to singing and leading worship at StoneWater. Well, actually, I’m just ready to be able to talk to my hubby when we’re sitting together in the living room! Continue to keep me in your prayers, that my vocal chords would completely heal and I will be able to sing like normal when it’s all said and done.

Here’s StoneWater Band a couple months ago. Just thought I would share our joy for the Lord! Have a great day!