{"id":2266,"date":"2009-05-31T08:43:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T15:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2009-05-31T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T15:43:37","slug":"possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2266","title":{"rendered":"Possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One thing you might not know about my husband, he is a good singer.<\/p>\n<p>And, he enjoys singing.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly he hasn&#8217;t had an opportunity to sing regularly &#8211; except for church &#8211; for a long time.\u00c2\u00a0 A few months ago I started to pray that he would find an opportunity with some other men to sing again.<\/p>\n<p>Last night another family came over for root beer floats &#8212; though the mommies ended up with chocolate ice cream with fresh strawberries &#8211; yeah for mommies! ;-)\u00c2\u00a0 Mike brought his guitar and after some great food and fellowship, he pulled it out.\u00c2\u00a0 He is amazing!\u00c2\u00a0 Not only did he play just a small bit of some of his original work, but just by hearing Eric sing a song &#8211; a song he&#8217;d never heard before &#8211; he could play it!\u00c2\u00a0 And play it beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>They did a couple of songs and planned to get together and do it again.\u00c2\u00a0 They are even talking about performing togehter.\u00c2\u00a0 The very thought of doing anything in public terrifies me &#8211; but Eric tells me that sharing the music adds so much more to the experience.<\/p>\n<p>I found some songbooks that Eric had created a few years ago of Victorian Christmas songs.\u00c2\u00a0 I think they are going to work on some of these lesser-known songs to share with others next Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty jazzed about the possibilities this new friendship holds for Eric!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2266\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D2266&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Possibilities\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2266\" data-text=\"Possibilities\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Possibilities\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2266\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2266\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Possibilities&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D2266&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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