(For the girl I lit the candles for)

I’ve always been a mediocre to terrible singer. I can’t believe I dared to sing a song I wrote to my prom date.  The one and only time I led worship singing, I immediately received an email that I was no longer allowed to sing ever again.  My college roommates would sometimes laugh at my lack of ability to hold a tune.

I loved the Eagles, one of the first bands I was introduced to in the US.  Their first song I learned to play wasn’t the quintessential Hotel California, but Take it Easy,  One day, I was watching an acapella version of that song by the Princeton Nassoons on YouTube.  And in the corner of the screen, I see you in a suggested video for the Tigressions.

I watch a few of these videos and I’m struck by how passionate you are singing.  You are totally lost in it.  And I remember this one time we were at someone’s house and you were singing when you thought no one was looking.  Your voice so beautiful, just like you.  

Find a queen without a king, they say she plays guitar and cries and sings.