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The Light of the Seven

  • Jerilyn
  • Dec 11, 2018
  • 4 min read

Updated: Jun 21, 2019

I've been struggling lately- This seasonal affective disorder is no joke. I know last year was the first set of holidays without dad, but I feel like it's hitting me so hard this year. I think last year, I was still in such a state of shock and things didn't seem real, so while I was completely devastated, everything hadn't fully sunk in for me and this year almost feels worse. When anyone asks me how I'm doing or how I'm feeling, I don't know what to say because I don't know how to describe it. The best word I can come up with is that I feel "off". I haven't posted much lately because I haven't felt very motivated, and I didn't know what to talk about. I usually always try to put some kind of positive thoughts or encouragement into my posts and I don't want to be a total Debbie Downer so it's taken a while for me to come up with a topic.


No matter how I'm feeling, I can't live without music. Most of you who know me well know that I am completely obsessed with listening to the song "The Light of the Seven" from Game of Thrones (season 6, episode 10). Seasons 1-6 of Game of Thrones all have 10 episodes, so while episode 9 usually has a big event, episode 10, especially in this season, is always huge. At this point in the show, we are past where the books are, so what happens is completely new to everyone and this episode was epic. Out of everything awesome that happened and was revealed, all I could think about after it was over was how amazing the song was at the beginning. The next day, my friend found out the name of the song and sent it to me and I basically haven't stopped listening to it since. The whole song is beautiful with the piano, organ, and cello, but my absolute favorite part is the cello solo at the end (it starts at 7:08... not that I've listened to it enough times to know that off the top of my head 😁). I also love "The Rains of Castamere"... more great cello music.


I have heard it said that the cello is the instrument closest to the soul, and I find that to be completely accurate. Something about listening to music, especially with the cello has a calming effect on me. I know there are studies about the positive effect music has on our brains, but I wonder if there are studies about how the brain reacts to specific instruments and sounds. The music in the Pirates of the Caribbean always used a lot of cello as well. Two times, the "Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience" has toured around the country and both times they were in Philly, I was there. The first time was with my friend Kate days before my suicide attempt. I was feeling so horrible that I almost didn't go (you know something is very wrong with me if I almost skip a GOT concert). I'm sure I wasn't great company (sorry, Kate 😕) but this concert and all the amazing music briefly took my mind off my depression and lifted me up. Maybe it took me out of reality for a while?


When the concert came around again, I was unbelievably excited and decided to splurge and get some good seats.

Cameron, the cellist and my new bff

These were our amazing seats

This time, one of my golfers, Maddy, came along with me and I was in a better place mentally. One thing that is so cool about getting to see Game of Thrones live is that the actual composer is there conducting the orchestra and playing in some songs. To top it off, I got to meet the cellist! At intermission, I saw him walk by (pointing at people saying "shame" 😂😂) and got so super excited... like I was about to meet a celebrity. When we saw him coming back towards the stage, we asked for a picture (Ok, Maddy asked for the picture since I was still starstruck). When he came up to me and put his hand out, he said "Hi! I'm Cameron". I responded with an awkward fan girl moment and excitedly shook his hand saying "I'm Jerilyn. Are you going to play Light of the Seven"???" He said "welllll im not allowed to say if we are but... Yes." He was very kind and took some pictures with us before returning to the stage. But hey, I must have been memorable - after the show was over and people were leaving, they had a montage on the screen in memory of all the (many) characters who died over the course of the show. Maddy and I stuck around to watch it and when Cameron walked past us, he looked up and said "Hey! Did you like 'Light of the Seven?'". Most people wouldn't have a fan girl moment at an orchestra concert....but I'm not most people 😁🙃 Does anyone want to teach me how to play the cello???


A little blurry, but, we got to meet the cellist!!

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