Where oh where has this phenomenally talented woman been? First hearing her on the Paramount+ series, The Road. She was so stunning. (Still Is!) I know this because she sure stunned me.
Britnee is more than a song writer, performer, beautiful soul. When she sings the music of her own creation, it has that feel of coming up from her soul. If you see the look in her eyes, the expressions on her face. As she sings the words that I'm pretty sure resonates with thousands of us out here.
Telling our stories by telling of her own experiences in life. She sings of a life full of ups, downs, triumphs and yes, pain. It's her life, a life she's still living, accomplished so many of her dreams, she is still working so hard to accomplish more.
Something tells me she is just getting started.
Britnee speaks of how she married her HS boyfriend, wanting to build a life with him. She did, they did.
As it happens with so many women, he held her back from living her dreams. I can relate.
Being held back by someone who was supposed to love me. He took my inheritance money from my father, promising that he would share with me from his parents when the time came. He never did.
Like all of his promises, it was just a lie to get his hands on my money.
Divorce is hard, can be very pain filled while also, necessary when one person is holding the other back, the pain goes deep. Britnee has the talent, drive, determination to go forward, to live her dreams.
Divorce can be an awakening.
To live your dreams, you must first wake up.
Britnee sure did.
As someone who is far from being a celebrity, myself. I allowed my hopes & dreams to be crushed for the sake of staying married, keeping it together. For him. For my children. 3 of the 4 treated me with such disrespect as adults that I couldn't stand it, anyway. I did it all for them. For everyone except me.
Starting to treat my 2 precious daughters as I was treated as a child. Before it could harm them, I said HELL NO! For more grueling counseling sessions than I can count, I poured out, from deep in my soul, recounting the abuse I suffered from my parents. Abused in a dysfunctional home, bullied at school. Then, the SAs from when I served in the USAF. My marriage was good for the first 10 years, going downhill into abuse & misery for me after that.
Like so many women, I put my comfort, dreams & desires on hold to support his career, his dreams, his desires. Put up with the racist snark from his Filipino family. He never stood up for me. Not once.
Any extra money went to my children. I had one bra & 2 pair of panties for 12 years, stitching the seams & patching the holes. My childrens needs & wants took precedence.
Though my children speak of terrible things I did, they forget the terrible things they did to me as children, even when they became of adult age.
During the counseling sessions & cranial shock sessions, my counselor was often in sobs right along with me.
I went through the deeply pain filled sessions out of love for my children, deeply desired to be a better mother than the one I had.
Knowing that I was a good mother, knowing that my children have no foggy clue of the pain I suffered in those counseling sessions out of my love for them.
All 4 are doing well in life as adults. That only happens for all children from one family when they had a mother who loved them. A mother who sacrificed, taught them, gave loving firm discipline along with valuable life skills.
Sadly, only one of my children is in my life so I lavish my love on her & her family. Love those who love me, the rest are regarded with thelemia.
Britnee shows us, guys and women, what is possible.
Then, she presses forward to live it for herself. She tells the world that it's hella hard. It's so soul eating, causes soul searching. Pain, pain, more pain before the flashes of sweetness even begin to flutter in, That encourages. Just a little. So, take it.
When I saw that so many memberships & subscriptions were eating up money that would be better kept or used elsewhere, it was high time to assess what to keep, what had to be discarded.
8 streaming services.
1 gym membership.
For 1 month I tracked how much I actually used them. PJ keeps me active, I'm on the Doberman Fitness program.
Bye Bye Anytime Fitness.
The one streaming service I use 90% of the time is CBS All Access.
The name change to Paramount+ simplified it then Showtime was added in.
BOOM
Narrowing it down to one was easy. Paramount+ has all the Star Trek I could ever want, it's my one & only keeper.
In large part it's because of Star Trek.
Everything Star Trek is on P+. Everything I love to watch is on P+
Narrowing them down to just ONE. Not only did it keep me from wasting my time skimming, it saves me $200 per month.
So happy I did that, as it's how I discovered Britnee Kellogg on the short series, "The Road". It's a competition of performers, with a tour of cities, one performer eliminated per week.
The one that is left, claims a suh-weet fat kitty of a prize! It's a combo of honor, opportunity, cash, life changing experiences. Watching this series play on is how I discovered Britnee Kelloggs music.
As one who believes in lifelong learning, growth, constantly evolving.
I move through time, getting older is optional.
Relating to Britnee's life experiences as played out in her music, her music videos, interviews. She lays it out for the world to experience alongside her.
She speaks to the hearts of all different people, though, mostly women.
Guys, beware. She will call you out.
To mothers of small children in their exhaustion. They are hoping they are doing it right, sometimes feeling unattractive, hoping they still are. She uses her childrens voices in such an affirming way, in her music.
OMG ~ Vibrato at the points where she ends each affirming statement of encouragement to mothers everywhere is a thrill.
Every life experience she lays out there is raw, realistic. Even the warning to the pretty neighbor with acute "pick me", to watch her step as her antics are being watched.
Really enjoying "The Road" though I have always detested Keith Urban. He puts out a snake in the grass vibe to me. Love snake meat, it really does taste like chicken.
Snake in the grass people? That's a hard NO.
When Britnee Kellogg was eliminated from the competition,
I cried along with her.
The song she chose, did her in. They were in Nashville, Tennessee. I saw the looks on the peoples faces when she was just 3 lines into "Girl Crush". Looked like they tasted something very sour.
Rut roh Raggy
I was pretty sure she would be eliminated, hoping so hard that she wouldn't be. Then, she was sent home.
I won't be watching any more of the competition. Also, won't have to suffer through the parts with the snake in the grass.
Sayonara Mr. Urban.
💖Hello to more Britnee Kellogg music!💖
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