Song tells story of what it’s like to move on in life
“Like so many people, I got my start in music through church. From the time we could hold a microphone, Mom was having us sing for the Lord. We learned instruments, took piano lessons, and were even trained at a young age by music educators at Sam Houston State University.
Click the image to watch Jason play his song, “Moving.”
“College was the place I began songwriting. I dreamed of moving to Nashville, and I worked toward that goal. One day, in 2002, I was offered a contract with a record label and seriously considered making the leap. But the next day, we discovered that my wife was pregnant. I chose not to pursue a career in music so that we could focus on our family.
“I wrote the song ‘Moving’ in May 2011, roughly one year after I moved to Baytown from Dallas to marry my current wife, Hope. Having been divorced for a while, I was introduced to her by my brother and a dear friend. When marriage was in our future, we both wrestled emotionally with the consequences of remarriage for our children; I have two kids and she has three. Because we lived in different cities, one of us would have to move.
“Eventually, we decided that I would move to Baytown and work diligently to remain actively involved with my children who would live in Dallas. This decision almost prevented us from marrying. We cried together, we prayed together and, ultimately, we did get married on December 23, 2010.
“That first year in Baytown with Hope and away from my children was full of wonderful and bittersweet moments. So during the fall of our second year of marriage, while never doubting my love for Hope, I wrote these words about ‘moving.’ Now looking back on the words I wrote six years ago, I can hear pain mixed with hope and the comfort of good love.
“Moving on in life has more than one meaning. Now I find joy in telling my story through music and sharing it with my family and friends.”
— Jason Buchanan
