 Julio's
Story
During the September 11th crisis, I found
myself anxious and depressed. The world around me was changing
and living near the site of one of the attacks made every day filled
with wonder and fear. A week or two later I did something that
I wanted to do all of my life, I started taking guitar lessons and putting
some of my thoughts in my journal into songs. And I felt better.
I had found an outlet for my sadness over what had happened,
and I was doing something that I really enjoyed that helped me keep my
mental state balanced.
My earliest memories are of music. My father is a
musician and my mother had such a love for music that while I was growing
up, I don't think that it was ever quiet in my house. And just
as it had in my younger years, music was a healing force for me.
It is great to see that mpower acknowledges the power of
music to heal, to inspire, and to help reach people who may be suffering
and feel that no one else understands what they are going through.
Julio Fonseca, 27, Alexandria, Va.
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