It's our anniversary!

"She believes in me...I'll never know just what she sees in me..."

On a summer night ten years ago, I met someone incredibly special, who would change my life forever. Neither one of us could have known exactly what we were in for when I answered that door, and she stood there, and we spoke to each other for the first time. She said I ignored her that first evening, but I don't quite remember it that way (chuckle). I WAS shy, but I knew right away she was incredibly special, and I couldn't wait to get to know her.

Things moved fast, and within a year we were married. June 28, 2003. It was a wonderful day. So incredibly exciting. I never doubted for a moment we were put together for a reason. God's hand was all over things. We were so incredibly blessed.

Nine years have passed by WAY TOO FAST. I am amazed at how swiftly time has gone by. There are so many moments I would give anything to go back and relive again. Special times that we have shared - just between the two of us. She has stood beside me, and encouraged me, during times when I needed to be held up. She has sacrificed, and exhausted herself, working, taking care of a child, and then taking care of a second child...me! I love her so much for the person she is - the wonderful woman of faith that just grows through the years.

Marriage is work. It is unpredictable. It is two different backgrounds, outlooks, and attitudes, coming together. What should be easy can be hard, and what you think will be difficult turns out to be easy - especially when you are working together. We become so much stronger. That is part of the beauty of it. If it was all easy, what would we really learn about ourselves, and others, and especially Christ and His love for us?

I am so incredibly fortunate. There have been so many blessings I received, that I didn't deserve. But most of all SHE BELIEVES IN ME, and no...I will never know just what she sees in me.

                                     I love you honey! Happy anniversary!

A little bit about me, part 2 (the acting years)

It’s funny to think about now, because my acting chops have declined so greatly, but at one time I was a pretty experienced child-actor. I am not sure how the acting bug bit me. I guess I always had an active imagination, and that had a lot to do with it. I made up stories and invented characters. I had a very outgoing personality. It came naturally to me. No one had to really teach me how to play a part.

I enjoyed many of my theater experiences. Many of the people I met became like family to me. I won’t go into the detail of each and every role I played. I played lead and supporting roles, ranging from the Artful Dodger in “Oliver”, to small roles with no name at all. Very early on, I played Helen of Troy’s grandson in “The Trojan Women”. We performed on the steps of the Parthenon in Nashville, which was an interesting experience. That show, and a small part in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”, represented the heaviest dramas I took part in.

I did quite a bit of professional theater. It provided a nice little income for me during my teenage years. I even auditioned, and got a few callbacks for some major shows that were traveling during that time. There were several trips to New York for auditions and callbacks. Those were fun experiences.

I was about to open with a church musical revue in 1997, when my father passed away very suddenly. I went ahead and opened the show that week, but it was really tough. I know he would have wanted the “show to go on”, but a lot of the fun of it disappeared for me.  I knew in my heart that period of my life was ending.

“Smoke On the Mountain”, also in 1997, was the final production I took part in. It was a very fun show - lots of music, comedy, and friends that were there during a difficult time in my life.

This is just a brief overview of about ten years of my life. I hope with the next installment to provide some details of - THE GOSPEL YEARS.

Thanks for reading!

(P.S. The above picture was taken during my lengthy Robert Wagner wanna-be period!)  

A little bit about me...part 1

I got to thinking back on some of the professional, semi-professional, amateur and non-amateur bands I played in during my teenage years. I didn't play an instrument in any of these. I was strictly the front man/lead vocalist.

I was part of a vocal group of kids called "Second 2 None", or maybe it was 2nd to None (I can't remember), during the early 90s. We sang with tracks, and actually were pretty successful - we made it all the way to the National Amateur Hour on TV with Willard Scott. He was a terrific guy to work with.

Around the same time period, I joined a young country band called Six Shooter. I was just there for a brief period of time. In fact, I only recall performing two concerts with them. Once again, I did not play - I only sang. The keyboardist was a couple of years old than me. His name was Gabe Dixon. Years later, he formed his own band, and he played for Paul McCartney on several tours a couple of years back. Go Gabe!

Six Shooter's original lead singer decided to return, and I found myself out of a job. It was a big blow for a 13/14 year old. That was one of my first really hard lessons to learn about the music business. The band had a label deal, and pretty high-powered management. There was a lot of opportunity there, and I was crushed. It took the wind out of my sails for the next few years.

But life moved on, and my next band was a lot of fun. I can't remember the names of everyone involved. It was started by myself and Noel Rose, a friend of mine that played drums. We called ourselves Basix, because there were six of us. Clever, huh? We were doing classic rock and oldies. Once again, we only performed a few dates.

Noel and I continued to do several things together over the next few years. We even had an imaginary studio group called "The Children of Your Life" band. The music ran the gamut of about anything you could imagine. We actually recorded several tracks. My imagination was pretty active in those days.
 
Thanks for reading! I will post more about the next part of my music career later on.

Trevor