The Album
Choosing Life
Music for the Journey Home
A companion album to the memoir, with songs born from the same journey of healing, belonging, and coming home to yourself. Launching the same day as the book.
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.
Tracklist
Choosing Life
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House by the River
Before the full album arrives, begin the journey here. "House by the River" grew from Carol's own story, lyrics, and recorded voice, brought to life in collaboration with AI.
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Spirit of the Gentle Door
Spirit of the Gentle Door is inspired by the guidance of the plant medicine cacao. Lyrics and musical style by Carol, brought to life in collaboration with AI.
One Story. Two Forms.
The memoir and the album share a name, a soul, and a launch date — August 28, 2026. Two ways into the same journey — choose the one that calls to you, or let both carry you home.