Life is Fragile. Eat Together often.

Eddie and I sang the last note of the last song for our new album, "Inner Sanctum", yesterday. Luke had joined us in the studio just to listen and he did stay awake a long time considering how little sleep he had the night before! But at some point he just stretched out on the sofa and fell asleep. It didn't bother him at all that we were walking in and out and listening- loudly!- to the recording.
Such mixed emotions about finishing up the recording process! Could we have sung this line better? Should there have been one more verse to this song? Maybe I should have sung harmony on this part. Is this the right combination of songs? Lots of little details in the creation of this album that only we will ever know about.
And then we have to ..... let go. We have to say to ourselves "We did our very very best. We surprised ourselves sometimes with how well things turned out. And we were seriously disappointed in our performances sometimes. But now it is time to give this album wings and throw it up in the air and hope it will fly. "
Oh, wait- are we talking about the album or about our son, Luke????
It is a similar process. The difference being that the results of this album will just be a little flash of light in a night sky- if we're lucky. While Luke will go out and choose his life and possibly affect hundreds and thousands of people along the way.
Could we have done some things in the last 18 years different? For sure! Did some things turn out surprisingly well? Without a doubt!
Florian is still slaving away in the studio ironing out the wrinkles on the mix. So, Eddie and I will cook him a meal and take it to him in the studio and listen to what he's done today.
Because we have learned: Life is fragile. Eat together often.
Maybe Luke will join us.