Yes, the sun rose today in all it’s glorious splendor. And YES, we will rise in all our glorious splendor.
I knew today, Friday, today, the day after, would be difficult, and it is. But I keep thinking of those beautiful children, and grandchildren and what they will be going through in the days, weeks, months and even years to come. The loss of a parent is incredibly hard when he or she has lived a full and wonderful life, when that parent has seen his children grow and when he has watched his grandchildren blossom into loving, giving, super people. But the loss of a parent, all too soon, a parent taken in his prime, a parent just learning how his parenting was turning out, is most incredibly difficult. I pray for the Mittons, for the brothers and sister, for his dear friends all over, his church, his buddies. And I pray that all of us who connected musically with John will grow to be blessed even more by his nurturing musical influence on all of us.
You sang so incredibly well yesterday, an enormously hard task. I told someone that many of you did not know OMNIA SOL but you learned it through YouTube, etc. This person was blown away. As I am!!! I truly believe that John heard us, watched us and loved it all. In a less sad sort of way, I was wondering if he was really there wondering who would show up at his funeral. We did John! For you…. As did West Senior kids who struggled so to keep it together, and everyone else who overflowed in that lovely, small, vibrant church. Ah, it was so lovely and poignant. I had almost wished that we could have had the naivete of little Sophie, who just sang her loving song to her grandpa so sweetly, so innocently, so special. Ah!……………………
Please know that I will be working diligently in the next few weeks to fashion a year for us that will be one in which we can do what we do………….SING BEAUTIFULLY for our devoted audiences and for ourselves.
I wish you a beautiful August, and I’ll see you on Wednesday, September 4th right where we all belong……..at SH making glorious music together.
And should you not know…..I love you all so very much. You are precious to me!
M