"Dear Friends, I am so excited to be writing to you personally again after so long," Shania opens the letter to her fans.
On her heartbreak, she writes, "The personal issues that took place just over a year ago have been well documented, and there's no need to go into more detail here. Since then, I've been inspired by my pain to write and use writing as a therapy through the suffering. I truly wouldn't wish this on anybody as a means to get inspired, but it's been a productive period with so much emotion trying to find it's way out."
She notes that she is first and foremost a mom to her seven-year-old son Eja, and has tried to put on a brave face for him. "One time when I was having a weak moment listening to some sad music and sobbing and slobbering over my computer's keyboard, Eja walked up behind me and asked me why I was crying. He wasn't sad at first -- just totally surprised to see his mom crying (he is seven and never saw me cry before), and didn't know what to make of it. During this intense period, I was managing to hide my devastation from Eja and cried only when I was alone; but this one time was just too hard for me to control and I broke down," Shania wrote. She went on to write that she explained to her son that music has great powers to make people feel emotional, and that she had been overcome with emotion after listening to a song.
Shania reflected on hard moments in her past, and writes, "I realize how true it really is to learn to take the good with the bad. To appreciate that you can't have one without the other. The trick is to give the "good" at least as much of your energy as the "bad" and not to get stuck focusing more on the 'bad.'"
Shania signs off on a positive note, writing, "I've been experiencing and seeing new things every day, living life with a different and more optimistic attitude. I've jumped out of an airplane at 10,000 feet, I'm riding Spanish and Arabian horses, traveling to exotic places, I've been deep sea diving for the first time! I pull the odd all-nighter, read more books, listen to Eja's favourite music with him, LOUD [ironically his favourite band is ACDC] and basically I'm enjoying life."
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Comments (17)
ALways remember that pain is the process of healing,and that a loving God gives us the ability to forgive, not regret and move foward in a life of joy and peace.
You have brought more to the lives of Country music fans and the music genre...
Bob
I wanted to share a few things with you. I hope that somehow this reaches you. I can't say that I know what it is to live a public life personally but I do know what detrayal feels like and I do know what it is to loose someone you...
I know what pain is I also know what kind of time healing takes. Hun take your time because everything you are feeling during this healing process is completely normal. I'm sure that it is hard being so public have you considered write...
I think you are a really good singer and you have some really songs. I am sorry for what your husband did to you, you did not deserve that.Just have a great time enjoying your son.