<div>I’m <a href="https://www.gretchenelise.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gretchen Elise</a> , a singer-songwriter from Philadelphia known to turn a mess into a masterpiece. On Christmas Eve, a DUI hit-and-run driver <a href="https://www.fox29.com/news/southwest-philly-crash-damages-business-home-christmas-eve" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">crashed into my house</a>, and I’m raising funds to <strong>rebuild </strong>my family’s home, <strong>recoup </strong>losses, and <strong>record</strong> <a href="https://youtu.be/rjMltJ2PYKw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Grateful Love</a>, a <a href="https://youtu.be/rjMltJ2PYKw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">song </a>I wrote in response to my community’s generosity.
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<div>Christmas Eve 2025 my husband and I were sitting in the dining room of our Philly rowhome while our kids slept. Hearing aggressive screeching and a thunderous explosion, we ran to see the front of our house and all its contents had been shattered. The driver took out a tree, 4 cars, backed into our house, and fled. Gratefully, no one was hurt.
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<div>The magic began on Christmas Day. Neighbors helped us board up our home so we could give our 2 teens some semblance of a holiday. Friends and neighbors sent groceries, hugs, support, cash, and prayers. When a friend refused to let me reimburse her for dinner, I collapsed on the couch facing the gaping hole in our wall, and wrote the song <a href="https://youtu.be/rjMltJ2PYKw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Grateful Love</a> .
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<div>It was so therapeutic to focus on creating this upbeat song of gratitude over the weeks after the crash, that I organized a last minute home video recording in our construction site of a home. Musicians donated their precious time. My husband Luke engineered, and my daughter Sonja styled me. We submitted <a href="https://youtu.be/rjMltJ2PYKw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Grateful Love - live</a> - to the NPR Tiny Desk Contest. The live recording brought healing love into our injured home.
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<div>It’s no accident that “When life gives you lemons, get up and make some lemonade,” found its way into the lyrics. The lemonade will get sweeter as we seek crowdfunding to:
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<div>1) <strong>Rebuild</strong>: so we can again be a hub of positive music for children and adults in our community
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<div>2) <strong>Recoup</strong>: recoup the losses from expenses, deductibles, and lost work due to the crash
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<div>3) <strong>Record</strong>: a studio version of Grateful Love for global distribution
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<div>I thank my community for helping me and my family through this trial, and I thank you for reading my story. The driver is still at large. We still face enormous challenges. But my family is healthy and my heart is full of “<strong>Grateful Love</strong>/ Grateful, grateful, grateful / <strong>Grateful for You, Love</strong>.”
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