American Idol is my favorite show and the only one I watch religiously. This season, my favorite contestant is Danny Gokey, a 28 year-old church music director from Milwaukee. He's got energy, a good attitude and he can sing. (Seriously, if you have not watched American Idol this year, it's good. It's on Tuesday nights on Fox.)
Right before the American Idol auditions last summer, Danny's wife passed away during surgery to repair a heart condition. He still wears his wedding ring. It's a quiet but lovely gesture to a person who was taken from his life far too early.
This, of course, got me thinking. Watching the results show last night before bed, I turned to Chad, who was barely awake.
E: If I die, are you still going to wear your wedding ring? [I of course hope to live to an old age but still think about these things.]
Chad gave me a suspicious look that implied he thought this was a trick question.
C: [pause] Do you want me to wear my ring if you die?
E: Oh, I really don't know. I was just curious.
C: I imagine I would for awhile, but then I guess you get to a point where it's time to move on.
That's also where I fall in this whole dilemma. If I die within the next 20 years, someone please nicely tell Chad after a year or so that it would be okay if he wanted to take off his wedding ring and move on. And also, for the record, I hope he finds someone else wonderful who makes him very happy and who doesn't nag him as much as I do.
I hope Danny finds someone too.
2 comments:
For the record I did NOT say I'd "get to a point where it's time to move on."
I said I suppose I would for a while because it would seem odd to just stop wearing it.
I'm so with you! I love Danny and can't imagine anyone else winning this season-except maybe Adam Lambert. It should definitely get interesting toward the end...I can't wait!
Julie
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