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So I don't normally post things like this but yesterday was my birthday and it was a fantastic day. I turned 29 by the way... So, currently I'm in my 3rd year of chiropractic school. For those of you who think you just have to go to a weekend seminar or something to be a chiropractor our curriculum, when compared to MD is more rigorous and more inclusive, it's pretty freaking intense (which I didn't fully realize till after I started chiropractic school...). Anyway, that's just background for the rest of the story, school is intense and I'm on campus for 10+ hours/day. So, to continue on, I am a huge lover of music; I always have music playing, I play piano, guitar, learning bagpipes, I sing... Big fan of music and it's played a major role in my life. Like everyone else I have bands that I like more than others and one of my favorites is Flogging Molly. I can listen to them for hours on end and enjoy every minute. I really respect Dave King, the lead singer, and what he and other members of the band have been through and how they got where they are today. I've seen them multiple times live but my wife has never been able to; last night, on my birthday, they were playing here in Portland. Tickets were sold out but I was able to get my hands on a couple tickets so I could take my wife... At least that was my intention. The more I thought about it the more I realized that it shouldn't be where it was at on my priority list; we have a 7 week old girl, our 3rd, who still needs her mommy every couple hours so we couldn't leave her with a babysitter like the other kids, and we couldn't exactly take her to the concert. So I conceded and accepted the fact that I wasn't going to be seeing them this year.
They had a new album release yesterday so they were doing a signing at a local music shop. My wife and I decided to go stand in line, buy an album and get it signed and add it to my vinyl collection. We stood in line for an hour and got to shake the band member's hands and get the album signed. When we got to Dave King and his wife Bridgett (the violinist for the band) they saw that my wife had our baby in a wrap around her chest and they wanted to see her. As she was undoing the wrap my wife told them all it was my birthday so they asked me to come back to take a picture (most everyone we saw who asked for pictures were turned down by the store staff, saying there wasn't enough time). After the picture Dave and Bridgett held our daughter and just chatted with us for a minute, while the rest of the line had to sit there and wait. After chatting for a minute they told me happy birthday, we told them good luck at their show, and we walked out.
I know most of you who have read this far probably don't really care and are wondering why I am posting this, but yesterday was one of those days that just really re-enforced my appreciation for good people; people willing to go out of their way to show they genuinely care. Couple this experience with the one I had last friday, where I saw an elderly lady with a walker get run over by a car in a grocery store parking lot and the driver peel off down the road leaving her bloody and broken, crying on the asphalt... I feel like our society as a whole is on a major downward spiral and it can be a little overwhelming and disheartening at times.
This, for me, was one of those experiences that will boost me up and bring a smile to my face every time I listen to Flogging Molly, and my wife will always appreciate the moment of interest that they took in our lives.
God bless us, Brothers.
They had a new album release yesterday so they were doing a signing at a local music shop. My wife and I decided to go stand in line, buy an album and get it signed and add it to my vinyl collection. We stood in line for an hour and got to shake the band member's hands and get the album signed. When we got to Dave King and his wife Bridgett (the violinist for the band) they saw that my wife had our baby in a wrap around her chest and they wanted to see her. As she was undoing the wrap my wife told them all it was my birthday so they asked me to come back to take a picture (most everyone we saw who asked for pictures were turned down by the store staff, saying there wasn't enough time). After the picture Dave and Bridgett held our daughter and just chatted with us for a minute, while the rest of the line had to sit there and wait. After chatting for a minute they told me happy birthday, we told them good luck at their show, and we walked out.
I know most of you who have read this far probably don't really care and are wondering why I am posting this, but yesterday was one of those days that just really re-enforced my appreciation for good people; people willing to go out of their way to show they genuinely care. Couple this experience with the one I had last friday, where I saw an elderly lady with a walker get run over by a car in a grocery store parking lot and the driver peel off down the road leaving her bloody and broken, crying on the asphalt... I feel like our society as a whole is on a major downward spiral and it can be a little overwhelming and disheartening at times.
This, for me, was one of those experiences that will boost me up and bring a smile to my face every time I listen to Flogging Molly, and my wife will always appreciate the moment of interest that they took in our lives.
God bless us, Brothers.
