Our Good Health. Despite the onset of middle-aged aches and
pains, we still remain capable of getting up every day, shopping for food,
cleaning, making meals, doing our job, chopping the firewood and playing with
the dog. Thank God for our Kripalu yoga practice and the teachers who blessed
us with their knowledge. We also thank the many wonderful healers, doctors and
others who tend to our mental, physical and spiritual well-being.
Our Family. It’s not easy being a great mom and dad to two
teenage girls. In fact, we make lots of mistakes and kick ourselves almost
daily for not being perfect parents. That said, we are thankful because we have
great kids who are compassionate, funny and beautiful. What a blessing to witness
their transformation from helpless little babies into responsible adolescents
and young adults ready to take their turn getting things “right”.
Our Business. Like most Americans (many others around the
world), we are struggling harder and making less. Instead of the incremental
progress and accumulation of assets our parent’s generation enjoyed during
their 40’s and 50’s, we are finding it a struggle just to survive in this
economy. Despite this downturn, we feel lucky to have many, many loyal and wonderful
clients who share our love of music and children. We are so fortunate to have a
job, especially one that allows us to work together, have fun and make a
difference in the lives of the people we serve.
Our Country. The U.S.A. is going through a crisis brought on
by years of unsustainable growth, a certain measure of greed and a lack of
compassion for each other and our environment. Our hope is that our leaders and
our fellow citizens will make the smart, difficult choices necessary to promote
long term prosperity for our children’s generation.
Nature. As we look around, there is so much wonder and
beauty in our natural world. We are lucky to make our home in the woods where
wild turkeys and deer parade past our window and squirrels, chipmunks,
woodpeckers, spiders, skunks and swans share the trees, the reservoirs and the
clean air with us two-legged folks.
Needs and Wants. A comfortable couch, a warm furnace, a roof
that doesn’t leak and two old cars that still run are all blessings that come
to us courtesy of the people who made and sold them. As musicians, we’re
fortunate to have drums to bang, guitars and ukes to strum and microphones so
that audiences can hear us. How lucky we are to have shoes, socks, pants,
shirts, sweaters and coats.
You. Maybe we’ve met, maybe you’ve heard our songs or maybe
you’re being introduced to us for the first time. We’re glad you’re here, a fellow
traveler in this wacky, wonderful world. May you be blessed with abundance,
love and gratitude.
