Keeping Commitments

We had a winter storm move across the midwest this weekend. The snow started in Indianapolis on Saturday morning. On that morning I was committed to play at Irvington's best little coffeehouse, Lazy Daze. Lazy Daze has always been a great place to play, and it's even better now that they've expanded and share space with The Bread Ladies II.

The weather threat was serious, as the weather forecasts touted a winter storm warning complete with sheets of ice and several inches of snow. When the first wave of snow started, it would have been easy to pack it in.

Nevertheless, we all kept our commitments. Lazy Daze was serving coffee. The Bread Ladies II was serving up sandwiches, soup and salad. [Side note: Gotta love the Honey Wheat Beer Bread . . . and the chicken salad . . . and Rocky Raccoon!] Indianapolis Talent Search was there to take registrations for their upcoming competition and to give away a pretty blue Asheville guitar.

I kept my commitment as well. As a result, I got to entertain a woman and two children while they enjoyed hot chocolate. Several folks stepped in out of the cold and stayed a while to warm up with coffee and acoustic blend. I got to meet and hear a new group of young songwriters from Fishers called Un, Deux, Trois. All in all, it was a superb morning.

A friend dropped in toward the end of my set. She was killing a little time before she went to see her mother. Her mom is an Alzheimer's patient, and those visits are difficult more often than not. Yet, here she was, making the visit because she knew the weather was going to keep her in the rest of the weekend. It was the only chance she'd have to see her mom over the weekend. Even though mom may not know her or may say terrible things to her, she was going to see her mom.

Occasionally, the commitments people keep are nothing short of amazing.