J.J. Heller
ON LOVE, WISDOM & PURPOSE
BY AMANDA HENSLEY
O
ften we imagine that following our dreams and being a mother are incompatible –
The
Hellers
have
been
singing
and
believing that there is no way to truly give ourselves to both. And when this happens,
writing music together for 12 years now. JJ
our dreams are set aside and we put everything we have … every thought, worry, ounce
recently referred to her voice as a “belty-
of energy and oomph into raising our families. We long for the days when our hearts were
innie” on Facebook, and after chuckling
filled with wild ideas and visions for our future and inwardly, wistfully think that maybe one
at the cute metaphor I asked how they
day we can pursue our dreams once again. With the weight of the pressure we put on
came to be singer/song writers. The mix of
ourselves and the constant chatter of the naysayers of the world in our ears, we begin to
inspiration is eclectic, and rockers like Alanis
doubt ourselves, questioning what we’ve been called to do.
Morisette and Jennifer Knapp inspired JJ
JJ Heller has found a way to do both. Chasing life with both \