I have been thinking about Wicked non-stop since I got the opportunity to see it with my Dad last week. My Mom bought tickets for her and my Dad, and at the last minute decided that I should go and see it with him for my birthday. She had already seen it twice, and thought that I should too. I have to tell you all about the first time that I saw it...It was December of 2005 and I had been talking constantly about the play and the music. I was obsessed with it. I was super determined to see it, and didn't know how I was going to, but I wanted to so badly. Joe bought tickets to go to New York, to see Wicked and he Blue Man Group, and lined up babysitters all by himself and surprised me for Christmas. It was about the most incredible thing he has EVER done. It was so wonderful. It was freezing, but a fabulous trip.
My brother Mark, and his wife Kristen got us all hooked on the show in 2004 and they even got the chance to see it with Idina Menzel before she stopped doing it. They gave me a CD and I was enchanted!! My little brother even loved it. He wasn't really into that kind of music, but he listened to it all the time. His favorite was For Good. I know this is kind of long, but I really love that song and it means a lot to me.
The words go: I've heard it said, that people come into our lives, for a reason bringing something we must learn. And we are led to those who help us most to grow, if we let them and we help them in return. I don't know if I believe it's true but I know I'm who I am today because I knew you. Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes the sun. Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood. Who can say if I've been changed for the better, but because I knew you, I have been changed for good.
It well may be, that we will never meet again, in this lifetime so let me say before we part. So much of me, is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart. And now whatever way our stories end, know you have rewritten mine by being my friend. Like a ship blown from its moring by a wind of the sea. Like a seed dropped by a sky-bird in a distant wood, who can say if I've been changed for the better but because I knew you I have been changed for good.
It is the most beautiful song. My little brother Dave passed away on April 21st 2005. I knew that I needed to sing a song at his funeral (call me crazy) but I just knew that I needed to. My brother Mark told me how much Dave loved that song and it clicked that it was the song that we would sing. Kristen played and sang it with me (during the time of the family prayer). I know that he loved it. I miss him so much. To this day I can't listen to that song without thinking of Dave. I know that because I knew him that I have been changed for good. We even had the words "you'll be with me like a hand print on my heart" put on his headstone. He was such a great guy and so funny too. I am feeling especially sad today because it has been 4 years tomorrow since he died, and it was such a hard time. I just wanted to say how much I love him and miss him. I love you Dave, I can't wait to see you again!
