Impromptu Serenade

Last night we took our youngest to see an Allergist Specialist that we were referred to by Children's Hospital so I didn't mind driving to this nearby city. After conducting a test on our daughter the physician determined that although the skin test shows no allergy to this particular protein she is most likely allergic to it and is now referring us to Stanford for a second opinion on the results we received from the biopsies. Ugh!!! No conclusive results, lots of tests and still no definitive answers is frustrating to us and her.

After this disappointing appointment we decided to explore the town and take our minds off of the stress we all have been feeling for months, so we found an outside square that had a live concert going on. We were all hungry and decided to get some dinner. Apparently the place we walked into was a restaurant by day and a bar/club by late night but we didn't figure this out until after we had ordered. We enjoyed our dinner and as we reached for the bill the oddest sound of singing penetrated our ear drums. It was Karaoke night!

Twin A loved the idea of this and quickly asked if she could get up and sing a song. At this point there were only about a dozen people in this restaurant/club so we decide to let her try it. She sang off key with a giant smile and feeling quite proud of herself, her song choice, Carrie Underwood's Jesus take the wheel. Well of course twin B wanted to try it too. She sang another Carrie Underwood song off key with a deer in the headlights kind of look. The small but growing audience clapped and cheered for the munchkins.

I'm thinking can we go now? No....because my darling husband decides he is going to get up there and sing to me a song that he has always sang to me throughout the years albeit alone in our room. I'm thinking he would sing a country tune from John Michael Montgomery. The lights go down, he takes the microphone on the stage and within the first few bars of music (think Name That Tune) my heart skips a beat and I realize he is singing me his serenade live in front of this room full of strangers, the song from My Fair Lady, On the Street Where You Live.

After he got off the stage with twins clapping and cheering for him, he walked over to me and gave me a kiss and said, "I love you." Then this woman from the audience came over and hugged me as if she knew me and said, "that was the sweetest thing, you are a lucky woman." I would have to agree.