Hand in Hand
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I met LeighAnn when she hired my husband as the technical director for a show she was directing. I still remember the first time I saw her. It was in a rundown warehouse full of 4X8 stage platforms, tools, and paint. My first thought? “oh geez. my husband is going to be working side by side with that beauty?!?” When we left from that first meeting, my husband said, “well…what do you think?” I grinned…”She’s very nice.” “Is that all?” he asked. “She’s very pretty. What do you think?” He said…”we’ll kill each other, and if we don’t, we’ll put on an extremely good show.” That was the start of my friendship with LeighAnn. These are the things I’ve come to love about her over the years.
1. She’s very creative, not only in her music, but in her life as well.
2. She’s a risk taker.
3. She feels things deeply — not just the bad but the good as well.
4. She supports unconditionally.
5. She can take life’s hard knocks, and she’ll get right back up and be the stronger for it.
6. Her family comes first.
7. She doesn’t give up, not on people, not on life…and most certainly not on love.
8. Her God is the center of her being.
9. She’s one week older then me. (that’s just for LeLe)
10. Her humor is infectious.
11. She easily shares in my excitement - even if it’s not something she’d normally be excited about.
12. She understands how I feel about having a child, and about having more.
13. From the moment we left that warehouse, I knew a friendship was born. When I think of LeighAnn, I think of the greeting cards with the two little girls with their backs to the camera, hand in hand. She always walks beside me.
on June 13th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Couldn’t have worded this better myself! You weave your webs beautifully, my friend!
on June 13th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
thanks for the tribute. yours and Bob’s friendship has been some of the most important to my life. I am glad you took a chance on me in that warehouse that day!