Episode 27: Songwriters Bev Herrema and Marcy Each Share About Their Song for Mothers Who Feel Pain on Mother’s Day
Mother's Day is a day of celebration for moms and grandmothers throughout the world, thanking them for all they did to help raise us into the people we are today. However, Mother's Day can also be a time of hardship and grief for mothers or grandmothers that have experienced loss in their family. Whether it is a the pain of a stillbirth, losing a child throughout their life, or being disconnected from their children after they grow up, there can be a lot of grieving on Mother's Day.
That is why we are so blessed to have songwriters and mothers Bev Herrema and Marcy Each on this week's episode. Bev and Marcy share how they developed passions for songwriting and how they used it to collaborate in the song Another Mother's Day. Another Mother's Day was written as a song to help mothers and grandmothers walk through their grief on mother's day.
Who are Bev Herrema and Marcy Each?
Bev Herrema is a professional songwriter and musician who enjoys using her skills to serve her community and the church at large. She lives in Littleton, Colorado, but often writes for Dave Clark at Sunday Best Music Publishing out of Nashville, Tennessee, as well as other diverse opportunities. She has had songs recorded in a variety of genres, and especially enjoys the challenge of assignment writing. Bev won the Iowa Young Composer award while still in college, and also won IMMERSE Song of the Year in 2009 (Nashville).
Marcy Each is singer/songwriter and worship leader from Cedar Rapids, IA. She is a GMA Immerse singer/songwriter of the year winner and a multi-Dove award nominated artist/writer. Marcy is excited to serve in her local church and also has the privilege of writing with a community called, People and Songs. Marcy is married to Jake, a lead pastor at Veritas Church, and they have three kids.
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Our listeners can get in touch with Bev and Marcy on their facebook pages at the links here: https://www.facebook.com/bevherrema/ & https://www.facebook.com/marcyeachmusic/
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