The Heart Rock Ranch

Welcome everyone to our humble abode we call, The Heart Rock Ranch. My name is Kathryn Meloy, and this is my wonderful husband, Glen.

 

Today, we are supporting Operation Phantom Support and Rippleberry. You will hear from them in just a bit. We are so excited to be holding our second Giving Heart Music Series event. I see a few return Heart Rock Ranchers out there…I guess that means ya’ll had fun last year. Thanks so much for your friendship and support!

 

For those of you who are new, Glen and I moved here two years ago from Round Rock. We knew we wanted to do something bigger than us here so last March we held our first Giving Heart Music Series. Our goal was to have 40 attendees, we had 42! WhooHoo! The event was small, but a big success in our eyes. We supported our first musician Michael Ingalls and Angel Wings Ranch charity. Michael is here with us today to support his music peers and this great cause. We are glad you and your gal Roxanne came out today.

 

For this event, we set a goal of 60 attendees. We felt by increasing the capacity and minimum donation it would help put a little bit more change in the charities and musician's pockets. This goal seemed ambitious considering we don’t know very many people here yet, so we bravely turned to the public. If you are one of those people we randomly met out and about, thank you for trusting us to be a part of this event. I know it’s hard to trust people these days and I hope today leaves you inspired to keep following your heart.

 

I must admit there is a lot that goes into planning this grassroots event, but hey, Glen loves practicing music, and I…well...I like to work hard! Glen even wrote a song about my work ethic called “A new kind of date”, some of you know it as the Home Depot song.

 

Anyway, I just want to say, not everybody has to set their eyes on goals as ambitious goals as we have. I would like to encourage each of you to come up with one small goal today that you feel would positively impact your community.

 

It could be something as small as helping an elderly person who forgot where they parked their car in the HEB parking lot. We’ve all been there before. Make the journey with them, you might learn something about him or her, or more importantly, something about yourself. 

 

Maybe your goal could something like being better about calling your friends or family back in a timely manner or just calling to tell them you love them. You know, my friend Tammy actually called me about a month ago to tell me how much she appreciates our friendship, and it meant the world to me. That kind of call can really lift someone's spirit.

 

Perhaps the goal could be as simple as getting up a little earlier to write down things we are thankful for. Even when life seems upside down at times, there is always something to be grateful for. For instance, seeing a beautiful sunrise, being able to work with your hands, or having the ability to tune out my speech…HA hA! OK, for those of you who laughed, thank you for listening, and for those who didn’t, that's ok, they’re just exercising their daydreaming ability now. (tough crowd).

 

My Mother In Law is fantastic about expressing gratitude every day. She actually flew in from Maryland last night for this event!! Stand Up Catherine! (Clapping) Ya’ll want to know something funny? Both of our names are Kathryn Meloy, but she spells hers wrong, LOL !  how cool is that to have the same name!!

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Interestingly enough, these small goals I have mentioned today are very attainable and really have lots to do with just slowing down. I feel we are living in such a fast-paced world, we often lose sight of what’s important, which is taking care of one another.

 

I guess what I’m trying to say is we should all do our best to brighten the day of everyone we meet and know.

 

Speaking of goals, let’s get this show on the road, shall we!

 

Let’s put our hands together for your Host musician Glen Meloy!