The Song Opalite Helped Me Fall Back in Love with My Life

Before we start- yes, I love Taylor Swift, but this isn’t a deep lyrical analysis. Just one mom sharing how Opalite unexpectedly became the soundtrack to her season of life 🙂

I’ve been listening to Opalite by Taylor Swift on repeat lately. The first time I heard it, I got chills. By the second chorus – “You were dancing through the lightning strikes, sleepless in the onyx night, but now the sky is opalite” – I was full-on teary-eyed in the car while also bopping along and smiling like an idiot.

Because that’s exactly how life has felt the past few years. A mix of chaos, exhaustion, rebuilding, and finally… light again.

There were seasons where it felt like I was constantly “dancing through lightning strikes.” Trying to hold everything together- motherhood, marriage, work, finances, emotions, our family- while the storm just kept going. I’d show up smiling for my kids, but inside I was just trying to stay upright.

During that time, I Can Do It With a Broken Heart was my anthem. I felt every word of it- pushing through, showing up, pretending to be okay when I wasn’t. That song carried me through the parts of life where strength meant simply surviving. But now, Opalite feels like the next chapter. It’s softer, lighter. It’s what happens after the storm, when you start to feel like yourself again. Sometimes it’s funny how something can pop into your life at the right moment to help shift your thinking and perspective. I like to think of it as a little nudge from the universe.

And even though it’s a love song, I can’t help but think of it as a love song to my life. To the girl who’s been through it, kept going, and finally started to see beauty again. To the woman who learned how to make her own sunshine.

That’s the part that gets me every time. The reminder that strength doesn’t always look like calm or control- sometimes it looks like moving through the storm, messy bun, mascara smudge and all.

The lyric “You had to make your own sunshine” hits home too. Because I think every mom knows what that feels like- the days when no one’s handing you joy, so you create it yourself. You choose gratitude in the chaos. You find tiny moments of peace in the middle of noise.

And that’s one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned:
Joy isn’t what happens when life finally gets easy.
Joy is what happens when we decide to see light in the middle of the lightning.

I’ve been leaning into that lately- finding the small things that shift my energy. Music is one of them. I have a playlist full of songs that make me feel alive again. It’s definitely an eclectic mix- T Swift (obv), Lady Gaga, Gracie Abrams, Hardy, Shaboozey, Alex Warren, a couple Disney hits with a sprinkle of 90’s pop. They’re songs that remind me who I am beyond the to-do lists and laundry piles and messy parts of me.

Because sometimes transformation doesn’t look like a massive breakthrough. Sometimes it’s just turning up a song, letting it wash over you, and remembering… you’re still here. You made it through. And the sky- even after all that darkness- is opalite again.

If you’re craving that same shift- a little more light, energy, and clarity- my Ten Minute Transformational Toolkit was made for you. It’s filled with simple tools and mindset prompts to help you find your spark again, even on the stormy days. Because you don’t have to wait for the sky to clear before you start dancing.