Artist Statement: I wrote this song while I was pregnant. I remember feeling this deep sense of fear about this messy world and also this sense of inviting this baby into the work of loving it. Tikkun Olam is Hebrew for "repair of the world" and the concept was one I loved from the first time Jacob (my Jewish husband) told me about it. I've been honored by the way he and his family have invited me into aspects of their traditions. 

I recorded this and other songs about motherhood early in the pandemic last year when I was first working from home and juggling childcare while I did it. As an immunocompromised person, I had a lot of fear and anxiety when so much was unknown about the virus. I also wanted to feel a little less invisible so I used my few minutes of free time a day to record these songs after our son went to sleep. I also wanted my husband and son to have these songs if I died in the pandemic. There's a lot of activism I'm not able to do because I don't have more time in this season of my life, but sharing this song is one small way I can connect to the work.