This week’s Song of the Week was recommended by MIA Reader Courtney Christianson: “After being involuntarily hospitalized, I felt stripped of my dignity and humanity. I felt like an empty shell of a human being. Hope is the one thing I had left. Hope for healing. Hope for humanity. Hope for a better tomorrow. I carried that with me out of the mental hospital. I love how the song says āto rise above, to love again.ā I felt like I had to learn to love again after all the horrible things that had been said and done to me. Now, I still cling to Hope for better care and treatment for those struggling and light a candle for those who are still in the hospital.”
-Courtney Christianson
