Hugs From Heaven (Women’s Version) || Vocal MP3

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Story Behind This Version – Part 3 Hugs From Each Other:

Hugs From Heaven, women’s version, is sung by my best friend, Karma Olsen, and her daughter Keara. It was extra special to have them sing this duet together, and they sound like two identical angels!

Karma and I have been friends since we were in elementary school. We have raised our kids together, been neighbours as adults, and helped each other through many challenging times!

Following in line with their mothers, my oldest daughter, McKaya, and Keara have even been the best of friends since they were tiny babies! (Literally! McKaya and I were even at Keara’s birth!) A second generation of sisterhood and friendship, and quite possibly a third to come with little girls just a year apart.

I wish I had more pictures to show of Karma and I and our growing up together. Our husbands were introduced to each other in 1995 when I got engaged, and are also very good friends. The Olsens and the Barils will always be family!

 

The day before I left for Utah to do the recording of the children on Hugs From Heaven, I received a message from the Cardston Alberta Stake Relief Society to let me know that they had used Hugs From Heaven as part of their Spring Social event.

A counsellor in their Stake Relief Society Presidency wrote: “We used your new song for our Stake Relief Society program right after you released the sheet music. It was perfect and the sisters loved it. It is beautiful and just what we needed for our program. It was an answer to our prayers. We hadn’t been able to find music that felt just right and had our program in just a couple of weeks, so the timing was perfect for us.”

After receiving this message, it occurred to me that women ministering to women is another way that hugs from heaven can be felt – and that we needed a Relief Society version of this song!

The timing was pretty awesome as well, because Karma was going to be hopping in my car with me to come with me to Utah the next day,  both to help me with the kid’s vocals and filming and to visit her daughter, Keara, who lives only 20 minutes from the recording studio. So, as soon as I received the message from the Cardston Stake Relief Society, I pounced on this idea and called her up to ask if she would like to record it with Keara while there. Miraculously, the studio even had an opening for us to record between the kid’s production! It felt meant to be, especially when this trip included being able to see a friend she hadn’t seen in almost 30 years (and whose children are now in Hugs From Heaven video!)

I have reflected many times how I have felt loved by the Lord through other women. I firmly believe that as we cheer each other on, support one another and minister to each other in times of need, we allow the Savior’s love to flow through us and to be instruments in God’s hands to strengthen all women to nurture those within their sphere of influence. We are not at competition with each other….we are are fellow co-workers with God in nurturing His children upon the earth.

It is my hope that this version of Hugs From Heaven will solidify the message to YOU, that you really are needed and more amazing than you know, and that your “sisters” in Christ always have your back!! You are loved and appreciated – and you can ask for that knowledge anytime, anywhere. Sometimes God sends reassurance in the form of a feeling; a tender mercy in response to praying for that knowledge. Yet, maybe even more often He answers us in the form of sending someone who understands; who sits with us in our pain, believes in us, and reassures us that we can do hard things with God’s help.

Women NEED women, and these relationships can bless our lives immensely. We can reach out for help and let people in, and we can find many answers to our own prayers in the love we extend. No matter our circumstances, all women are mothers with innate gifts. Women can share mothering influence with each other – and to each other. Women can be great sources of nurturing to each other.

Click HERE to go back to the main Hugs From Heaven page to read the two stories behind the song (Part 1 & 2 – Hugs From God and Hugs From Angels), the lyrics and find other available products. You will also find this vocal MP3 version included in the Hugs From Heaven Bundle.