How a Terrible Fire Reminded Me of Kindness
The first day of my fall tour, after being on the road for a few minutes, my phone rang.
I let it go to voicemail. I had a feeling it was bad news.
And it was. The call was from one of my venues for later in my tour. The venue called to cancel our show. Because the venue had a fire and burned to ruin.
Heartbreaking.
Here’s the soul-filling part of the story: Ben, the venue owner was so upset that he couldn’t host my show. In the voice mail, he offered t help me find a new venue, find a place to stay, etc.
I’m still touched from his offer. A person facing such a difficult situation was still offering to help me, a musician he had never met in person.
And so many people have offered to help me after my first week on the road. For every complication I’ve faced this week, two people have offered kindness.
Today at a venue a musician insisted I take his extra tuner when he heard I lost mine.
Yesterday, at the Uncommon Ground open mic, all of the musicians gave me free CDs when they heard I was traveling alone without a way to listen to an iPod in my car.
My biggest tour has faced unpredictable challenges, but the kindness of others has really floored me.
I hope that kindness spreads like wildfire for you this week, too.
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Big thanks to Carrie McFerrin who not only helped me in Kalamazoo last week, but has offered to join my bill last minute in Ann Arbor, Sept 14 at World of Beer.
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