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Home is where the heart is

26/4/2016

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When you spend 3 years of your life in a different city from where your family home is, you have a lot of time to think. Time to think about what your plans are for the future, what you miss at home and how much you miss everything you have been used to, especially family and friends. Time to think about what you are leaving behind and what you are headed toward.
This solo experience has always been something I looked forward to, even though some people think I must be crazy for liking it. Every day I find myself analysing some new part of my life. This journey, I have thought a lot about how lucky I am to have grown up in my small city in South Australia. But it wasn’t always this way. When I neared the end of my final year of high school, I was scared of the future and the unknown. After 13 years of schooling I did not know any other way of life, I was excited for what may come, but I also realized I would have to leave my home and travel to a much bigger city and survive completely alone.
I had already arranged a “Gap Year” so I could travel to USA and work as a counselor with Camp America, for anyone reading this that may be considering doing something similar my advice would be to do it, you will forever be grateful and will grow personally from the experience.
Fast forward to my first year at university and I was dying to go home. I remember spending hours on the phone to my mum at home whilst she supported me and tried to help me deal with the loneliness and constant feeling of being homesick. I have been fortunate to make some fantastic lifelong best friends that helped me through the downtimes, I put my mum at the very top of that list and cannot thank her enough for the support and unconditional love she has given me through all the good times and bad. My first year at University was spent living in a single bed room in a Uni accommodation building. Whilst there was a great deal of fun had here, it certainly made me so much more thankful for the place that I came from.


I am always fighting back tears whenever I leave Adelaide and head back to Sydney. Despite how desperately I wanted to leave after high school, I will always be tied to my hometown. I can’t go anywhere in Adelaide without being overcome with eighteen years worth of memories. My idea of “home” is this undeniable combination of memory and reality that I will always hold close.
My mother always says “You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone,” and I certainly learned that after moving away. Lucky for me, she also says “You can always go home.” It will never really be gone; after all, home is where my heart is
So, to sum this all up:  Do not miss out on great opportunities that present themselves because you are scared to leave home, you will always come back, you will always remember the great times and everything else that went together to make your home important. However, your life will be much richer from the opportunities you will have by discovering the world through your own eyes.
 
Do not be a stranger to your home, but do not be buried under the memories of it either!

Till next time.

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My first serious session with my new songwriter

21/4/2016

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Hello everyone,
 
Thank you all so much for your overwhelming support of my new website.
 
I hope to keep you all updated with weekly blogs about everything from my likes, not-so-likes, family, travel and of course my musical journey.
 
This week is all about preparing for my first serious songwriting session, to say I am excited would be an understatement. It has taken a while for everything to fall into place but I am so looking forward to working with George Sich (georgesich.com) to produce what will hopefully be my debut single!! So please stay tuned for some new music very soon.
 
Rehearsals are also well underway for Reefer Madness, only 5 weeks left until opening night. If you are in Sydney please come and see the show…visit my home page for the link to purchase tickets. And don’t forget to come and introduce yourself after the show.
 
The countdown is also on for CMA 2016 in June. I am hoping to make some valuable connections whilst in Nashville and have been working hard with my management to be as ready as I can be…so fingers crossed! Oh and keep an eye out for my blogs from the music city.
 
Finally, over the weekend I was invited to yet another themed party…is it just me or am I the only one that likes dress up parties? . I would love to know what you think?
 
Until next-week…
 


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1000 Facebook likes. Thankyou thankyou thankyou

6/4/2016

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I am so happy, thankyou all so much for following me and supporting me. When I started this I would never have believed it could go this far. I wonder where we will all be in another year.
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Welcome to CassidyRaeGaiter.com

5/4/2016

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Well my website  has finally gone live. please come back often as I will update you all on what is happening with this fantastic journey that is life!
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