Thursday night, my husband Rick and I were coming home listening to The Eagles Greatest Hits CD. Back in the 70’s during the eight-track era, we loved Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and The Eagles.
We still do.
“Hole in the World” came on. Oh, those voices! “Sing for me,” I said in the middle of the song.
“Nah, not tonight.”
I didn’t think he would. I’d only heard my husband sing beside me in church–always quietly, but I had a feeling he could carry a tune.
And then all of a sudden he belted it out with Don Henley. “…until we learn to love one another, we will never reach the promised land...”
Rick’s voice intertwined with Don’s so beautifully, I couldn’t tell them apart.
Holy cow.
He looked at me and grinned. “Sing with me.”
“Are you kidding me? No way. I can’t. Not like that.” I remembered church choir as a teenager. I wasn’t a soprano or an alto, so I moved my lips and mumbled a lot.
“Sing Glen Frey’s part,” Rick said. “He’s back-up. It’s a chorus.”
“No, thanks. You and Don are doing just fine.”
Two days later, Saturday night rolled around. I gathered my courage. I’d been practicing. My heart pounded as we got in the car. “Okay, I’ll sing with you this time.”
Rick found song number sixteen on the CD.
I started out softly, “There’s a hole in the world tonight…” practically whispering.
“You got it! Now sing like you mean it.”
I took a deep breath and let loose. Wow! We were singing together–the two of us with Don and Glenn! After 33 years of marriage, a duet, and we weren’t too shabby. 🙂
Felt like the night we danced at our daughter’s wedding. 🙂
It’s never too late to encourage someone you love.
To believe in them.
To say, “You can do it.”
“…encourage each other, and build one another up…” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV
Has anyone encouraged you like that? It matters, doesn’t it!
P.S. # 710 in my gratitude journal…”Singing a duet with my husband!”
Love,
Julie