So having gone almost five weeks with no posting my mind is full of subjects to write about. Today I wanted to talk about people who have impacts on our lives. We as humans have the ability to touch people but we never know when and how it happens. I wanted to talk about two people who have touched my life - just in how they show up. And they have no idea this occurs!
Their names are Joe and Hannah. I first met them in the early 2000's. I was in a singing group named "The Harmony Brothers." We were scheduled to sing on a Sunday. Our music director called to let us know he had goofed and double booked us. We were a regional quartet but the other group was national. They were named Acoustic Eidolon and my love affair started. In the end we shared the Sunday stage with them and I got to know Joe and Hannah. They were amazing!
Fast forward a few years and Rachel and I were running a church Wednesday night program. I discovered that Acoustic Eidolon was in California on a Wednesday night I had open. I booked them and we had a magical mystical Wednesday night. We told Joe and Hannah to share who they were in their program with us, It was so special and I loved how they showed up. A small contingent sat around after everyone left and ate vegetarian pizza. Eventually we had to kick everyone out so we could lock up - that included Joe and Hannah.
In future years, my wife and I attended Acoustic Eidolon at different locations - including Southern California. They played a special concert in Rochester, Minnesota working with the local schools on music appreciation. My cousins went and in the way of our family baked up a batch of snickerdoodles to give them.
Now it is so many years later and we continue to follow them. My health challenges preclude me from attending concerts but I am evermore inspired by the two of them. I could go into a great detail about how they met and their background and personal challenges. But I suggest you go yo their webpage and read their stories.
I am inspired because their music is the adventure of life. When they perform they demonstrate the outpouring of great love for each other and their joy about the world.
They have had health challenges which have made them stronger, They are the perfect example od people living an authentic full out. It is a grand adventure. They touch me and help me when the road has a deep rabbit hole I fall into and suddenly I am a whiny and full of self-pity.
Thank you Joe and Hannah for showing up and living life............
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