My wonderful husband recently turned 50. At first, we were planning on a big party to celebrate him, but as we were getting closer and I was trying to nail down specifics, he became increasingly uncomfortable. He did not want a big party at all. So, I started to think about how to celebrate him and make it really special for this milestone moment.
Should we go on a family trip? Should we do a romantic weekend somewhere? A new guitar?
Then I thought about all the time he has spent watching guitar instructional videos. He has often mentioned one of the instructors as being “the best guitar instructor ever”, and then would mimic his accent, (he’s from England, but has been living in Nashville for many years).
I decided to look this gentleman up to see if maybe we could go to Nashville and have David attend one of his workshops. I sent an email to Robbie Calvo to see if this was a possibility. He immediately responded that although he would have been happy to try to make something happen, the timing was wrong because he was thinking of moving to Hawaii. Well, I promptly responded that we’d follow him to Hawaii! He then suggested the possibility of him coming to our house and giving David a lesson, then from our place fly on to Hawaii. Wow, really?! OK!
I kept it a secret from David until the night before. When I shared with him what was going to happen, he freaked out a little. But, as it all sunk in, he became more and more excited.
Robbie arrived early afternoon and worked with David for about five hours, then we all went out for dinner. He is one of the most kind and humble musicians/men we have ever met. It was a blessing to be able to share a little bit of our lives with him and vice versa.
As he leaves the rat race of Nashville and joins the lovely pace of the Hawaiian islands, we pray for him a wonderful community that surrounds him with love, joy, collaboration, inspiration, peace, vision, and friendship.
