I have the best job in the world! I've always loved being a journalist, sports writer especially, because you get to meet the coolest people! I've interviewd all kinds of sports icons from Guy Lafleur to Doug Weight to Gizmo Williams... I've even been lucky enough to see some of these million-dollar players in the lockerroom... Yep, I've had a good career!
But the most amazing interview I've had to date happened last night at Kelsey's in Spruce Grove. I met Karla Anderson! You may not recognize her, I mean she's never been featured on Access Hollywood for flashing her pooter or snoring away a DUI on camera, but she is a true star. She is a single mom of three boys who has managed to put out an amazing record called The Embassy Sessions.
Her hit song What Else Can I Do has been played on Magic 99, won her a Best New Artist award through the Canadian Folk Music Awards, and been played on Joan of Arcadia! And this mom is living in our midst.
We shared some wine and chatted about how she got to where she is, what she's doing now, what it's like to be a single mom and why moms need to be recognized as more than "moms."
I have a personal connection to Karla - that whole 6 degrees of seperation. Six days after my daughter Lauryn (Lola) was born, I went to a book launch that had featured a story I had written. The book was called Standing Together and featured stories of women who had overcome extreme situations but gone on to live good lives in spite of their situations.
The editor of the book, Linda Goyette, told me that she had listened to Karla's CD during the process of doing the book. She said it was like the soundtrack to the book because it got her through some of the toughest stories.
Two weeks after the Edmonton launch I went to the launch in Calgary. Karla was playing and she sang her song What Else Can I Do. I remember thinking how touched I was by the song and how much it meant to me because of the lyrics. I even asked her to sign my book and she was surprised but I told her that she was as much a part of the book as the writers were because of her song.
Flash forward two years and her I am interviewing this same amazing lady. I can't wait for you to read this feature. You will love her as much as I do. She embodies everything MOM Magazine represents and for that, I am insipred by her!
If you get the chance, please pick up her CD The Embassy Sessions. You will not be dissapointed!
Check out her website: www.karlaanderson.com
On that note, we go to press soon so you won't have to wait too long! Mid march and the next issue is on stands!!
Cheers!
T.
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