About the Album: Where Words End, Music Begins

Choosing Life grew from the same experiences that became Carol's memoir. She wrote the songs from her own stories, memories, and healing journey after realizing that words alone were not always enough. Music could express parts of the journey that prose simply couldn't.

Carol had never considered herself a musician. She wrote the lyrics and chose the musical style, mood, and creative direction for each song, then worked with AI to bring what she imagined to life. AI became a creative tool that allowed her to give sound to something she otherwise would not have known how to create.

Each song holds a different piece of her journey. Love, loss, childhood, belonging, healing, awakening, and ultimately, choosing life.

The album is a companion to the memoir. It offers another way of telling the story through music, emotion, and feeling.

The image of Carol with her grandmother holds a special place here. Her grandmother was one of the most important people in her life, and that love continues to live within Carol and in the stories she tells.