In an episode of YouTube For Familie’s original music series for kids, Jam Van, the unlikedly friends, Anne & Lamb find a family with Brandi Carlile. Brandi Carlile featured in this 12 minute children’s episode – released on January 19 2023, which includes a small song at the end. “One Sacred Thing”

The YouTube episode features the description:

Anne and Lamb are visiting Seattle, Washington but Anne’s feeling homesick and missing her family. It’s only when she finds a group of friends who include special guest star singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile that Anne learns that you can find love and acceptance from “found” families – people who can love you even if you’re not related to them. Song: One Sacred Thing – Brandi Carlile

In the New York Times article released on the same day, it says:

For the Seattle episode, the series’s second, the men sought out Carlile, not only because she’s from the area but also because of the plot they envisioned: Lamb and Anne, who is suffering an uncharacteristic bout of homesickness, meet an octopus whose “family” is a variety of species. Anne, realizing that friends can be as supportive as her own relatives, shakes off her melancholy.

“I was just really inspired by the subject matter,” said Carlile, because, she added, “I’m part of a nontraditional family.” (She and her wife, Catherine Shepherd, have two daughters.) The song “One Sacred Thing,” a ballad about love that Carlile wrote and performs in the episode, emphasizes “that family comes in all different shapes and sizes,” she said.

You can watch the episode here:

You can see other Brandi Carlile children’s releases here.

The lyrics for the song: One Sacred Thing

When the great big world around you
Is making you feel small
Let the ones you love surround you
Hold you up and make you tall

Only love can make a family
Even when we aren’t the same
And if you want to see a rainbow
You gotta learn to love the rain

And though your heart may carry you
A thousand miles away
Know your family is there for you
At every step you take

There are no rules or recipes
A family’s made of
No, you only need one sacred thing
A family is love

And I know your dreams will carry you
A thousand miles away
But your family is there for you
For every step you take

There are no rules or recipes
A family’s made of
No, you only need one sacred thing
A family is love

That’s what family’s made of
Oh, a family Is love