Ashley Mills Monaghan live from "The Digital Bird's Nest"

I am a wife, a mom, an award winning author, a preschool teacher and I am a songwriter. I have secretly always been a songwriter at heart but never knew until recently that it was something I could actually do.
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Of course, I’ve always wanted to be an artist. I can remember at age 6 writing poetry down to turn into songs and I'd use a hairbrush to sing into every chance I'd get when I'd finally have the bathroom all to myself. I have endless journals of lyrics scribbled down with scratched out chord changes all over the pages...Music has always been there for me. I couldn't spend a whole 5 months away from my guitar when I studied abroad in Ireland so within the first week I was there I bought a red guitar for 100 euros in a music shop in Carlow. After spending 18 years at the piano and picking up the guitar at 16 years of age, I knew I had found my best friend in life.
When I was 23 I realized I would never make it as a musician so I stopped trying altogether. Even though I never really played for anyone, I just assumed no one would want to hear what I had to say. I stopped dreaming. I pursued other interests. But after the success of my award winning book 'A Little Goes a Long Way' and years of working in early child education, now being a mom and speaking at various workshops and conferences, I realized the time has come for me to stop using my fear as an excuse not to pursue my dream. If I can manage twelve 3-4 year olds myself in the classroom, I can share the songs I've written. If I can birth 2 sons of my own, I can… Read More