Life, family, and music.
So many of you clicked and “hearted” and wrote such nice things about “Take You Home.” As a way of saying thanks, I asked my mom if she’d mind sharing this little family gift with you.
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“Take You Home” About This Song I got an email about an old college friend’s wife. She’d gone to the hospital for a routine operation. Complications arose and a few days later she died, leaving behind her husband and young kids. It was tragic, to say the least. I kept hearing this song in my
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Growing up my sisters and I would spend summer days roaming the neighborhoods on our bikes, heading home when the street lights started to buzz or my dad whistled with his index fingers. Then when I was around 8 or 9, my parents gave each of us a dog tag bracelet. It was a shiny
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Most of you (on my email list/blog readers) are a lot like me. Midwesterners of Scandinavian descent. Let me ask you something. Do you know what lefse is? If you answered no, this particular post is not directed to you so much as it is to my fellow potato-farming brethren. We Midwest Scandinavians like a
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I didn’t feel right about posting a secret song yesterday. I also don’t feel right about saying much. Partly because I’m afraid I’ll say the wrong things. But also because I’m listening and processing. It feels like I will be (and should be) for the rest of my life. I’ll just share one anecdote. Because
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I’m excited and honored to be this little guy’s dad, and proud to be his super-mamma’s husband. Magnus Justice Espe was born on May 16, 2020. Thanks to you doctors, nurses, and hospital staff who took care of us at your own risk. It’s strange to realize now that I don’t know any of your
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The audience is staring at you, waiting for your first note. You’ve got people to impress. A reputation to uphold. You’ve also got nerves so bad you wish you’d borrowed one of Grandpa’s diapers. I thought after years of singing in front of people I wouldn’t get nervous anymore. Unfortunately, that never happened. But I
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