Great people I met along the way

Some people I met at the Consenses Project in Martha's Vineyard

This project I had the privilege to attended and observe was a life changing event. I came across some of the greatest people on earth. Many were artists that were a part of this huge project (there were 130 artists from 23 countries). I loved meeting the artists and hearing them explain their feeling when creating this art and I equally loved meeting the people who came to experience the project and to see these creations.

I met a group of 3 senior citizens who were loving life and happy in their own skin. She was named Evelyn and he said everybody calls him "Chop". Their friend was Sarah or SaraLee.
All three were short people, so it was like I had met "my people". After the Tuesday night show on Martha's Vineyard, I was standing, talking to Eric and a couple of the Consenses Project participants, when these three people approached us. You could not find a nicer group of folks. It was a man, his wife and their dear friend and they had driven from Connecticutt for the unveiling of Consenses Project. 

They loved my son, Eric Erdman's song for the project, "What's left of What Used to Be." Both the man and his wife said they were personally touched by the words and the music, unlike any song they had heard before. They hugged us and stood there talking for a while about life and such things as love, inspiration, emotion. It was then that their little friend spoke up, she said, "My name is Sarah Lee!" I smiled and hugged her too, then I asked her if she went by Sarah or both names Sarah Lee. 

She was a very short lady with snow white hair, dressed with refinement, wearing her pearls and diamonds; she answered my question like this, "Well you can call me Shit Head if you want, that's what most people do!" I stood there amazed and surprised, yet I chose to call her Sarah Lee. This same group was there for the entire time of Consenses. 

On the final night, the final show, I looked back in the audience and there they were, with big grins and waves. When they joined us at the edge of the stage I handed them copies of Eric's CDs and told them most of the songs he sang in the shows were on those CDs but a few would be on his upcoming CD. You would have thought I gave them the world; they happlily waited in line for his autograph on their CDs. Meeting these people and knowing how much they genuinely enjoyed Eric's music was worth more than gold to me. They were senior citizens who knew how to enjoy themselves and seemed to be inspired and happy. I loved them.