by SWS | Apr 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
For the past few years, my father, photographer Michael O’Brien, has volunteered his time to take portraits at various SongwritingWith:Soldiers (SW:S) events. This year, he invited my mother and me to join him at the February 13 – 15 retreat at the Cedarbrake... by SWS | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Sometimes life makes no sense. We have learned of the passing of Adan Olid who attended our retreat in November. He had been ill last week. His family told us he died from natural causes. We are deeply saddened at the loss of such a wonderful man. We do know that he... by SWS | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have been affiliated with SongwritingWith:Soldiers for about 2 years now and have had the opportunity to be present both on the participant side and volunteer side. Believe it or not, both instances have provided and continue to provide a sense of healing... by SWS | Jul 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
What would happen if you put 15 soldiers and 4 professional songwriters in a retreat center for 2 1/2 days, and asked them to write songs together, with the sole purpose of getting the veterans to open up and talk about their time in the service? So the... by SWS | Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
“I am standing here today because of SongwritingWith:Soldiers.” Sgt. Nikki Shaw shared these moving words as she introduced Half-Horse Town at our September fundraiser, a song she co-wrote at a retreat with Darden Smith and Radney Foster. We...
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