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Lori’s most upbeat and driving song on the album, this poppy folk tune is a compact and optimistic pep talk - encouraging us to move forward, take chances and go after what you want, "trust yourself and go for it!"

A foot stomping, quirky contemporary folk song that starts with a strong and hopeful drum beat from Toronto's Steven Foster. There is always a time inside our grief where things start to feel better, that beginning of healing when things could be good.

An easy listening contemporary pop song with a RnB folk flavour. Tom Gill (Queer Songbook Orchestra) adds his beautiful voice to the song. After years of wishing on the moon to become a mother it finally happens for Lori. Friend and collaborator Ron Sexsmith helps Cullen find a simple chorus to create this universal feeling about what everyone wants, love.

Contemporary folk tune co-written with Lori's dear friend Jennifer Foster. In this song in particular we can really hear how Thom Gill’s (Martha Wainwright, BERNICE) groovy tasteful guitar add to the sound of the record. "Knowing yourself and what works for you is not always easy but when you can find it, trust it and you might just get what you like."

Jazzy, RnB fused folk tune which features Michelle Willis (David Crosby Band, Snarky Puppy), who brings complex and uplifting vocal arrangements, with a voice that simply makes one feel better. When a Hard Run ends it is often because someone came to help. This song gives us hope that with enough support and some eventual good news the tough times will recede.

Acoustic folk song about remembering that moment when something is born. The huge sense of relief and release as you can hold and see the light in a way you never have before. The is the kind of song that comes through an artist rather than being laboured over. Accompanied by a video by friend Hugh Marsh.

A lush ballad with an orchestral arrangement by Grammy nominated Drew Jurecka (DUA LIPA). Written like a picture book, Drew's string arrangement on Lori's tender melody brings the listener to a place of complex beauty as one remembers the wonder and joy of childhood.

Simple, reflective acoustic ballad about taking on the weight of the world for children. About how we try to keep the balance of our tightly held protectiveness against the challenging knowledge that we are always preparing to let them go.

An acoustic contemporary folk ballad about loss. There is a great feeling and presence of the moment that happens when someone we love dies. We would do anything to hold on to them one last time. We come into those inexplicable moments in a way that almost feels other worldly. Thom Gill joins Lori to create comforting vocals, to soothe broken hearts.

A heartbreaking acoustic ballad that brings the listener in the room as a mother loses her child. A mature song that does not shy away from the life altering loss.