5-second-hug

Have you ever gone blog hopping?

It's lots of fun. Sometimes the results are productive, others not.

Here's how you do it:

• Start with a friend's blog. Preferably one with lots of followers, because this expands your options.

• Click a random follower, and continue to explore their profiles until you find one who blogs.

• Find a random blog. Find followers of that blog. Look at the comments of people on the blog. You never know the interesting people you might find. =D

Today, I started with Gray's Blog, and in that particular post, she was featuring this blog. So of course, I browsed around, and then looked the author's profile.

And in looking around on that profile, I discovered the same author also writes on this blog. So while browsing through that one, I found this picture. I was quite amused, and noticed there was a comment. So, I clicked on it, and after a bit more browsing around, found this girl's blog.

Her name is Skylar Marks, and she's a 13-year old singer and songwriter. She recorded her first album when she was 8, and she wrote all the songs and played all the instruments herself.


I particularly liked the song "5-second-hug", written when she was 7.

Crying tears of sadness
your heart is completely closed
go to the place
while embracing the world with joy

Ten-hour wait
Five-second hug
But it's really worth it
Ten-hour wait
Five-second hug
Enjoy the moment
While it's there

You can listen to it here. Click on the "Skywriting" album, and it's the first song on the list.

She doesn't have a phenomenal voice, she's not widespread, and she's not all over news articles and videos. But she loves her family, and sings with the more sincerity and depth than I've seen in a little girl. I love how un-edited everything sounds. I think she lives in Hawaii, and is the most adorable tomboy.

I know I certainly didn't have that much insight as an 8 year old. Or even as a 13 year old. Some of my other favorites are "Melt Away", "How It All Began", "Watching You", and "To Know You"

Go to the place
while embracing the world with joy

-Hannah