Stronger together

I joined a choir recently.  It wasn’t something I was necessarily after dong but some of the other ladies on my patch encouraged me to get involved and with Mark now home my excuses had run out.  In all honesty, a part of me is really enjoying it.  It’s run by a very friendly brunch of people and the choir is super busy so plenty of opportunities to perform to an audience if that’s what I’m after (but also to hide in the shadows if that suits me better).  The one hassle with it is that I loose an evening every week for rehearsals, which I’m still having to adjust to.  Soon though I’m sure my regular trips down the road to practice will start to become second nature.

Anyway, my joining the choir isn’t really what I want to be sharing, instead it’s one of the songs which just gets me every time.  The song is called Stronger Together and I think the chorus is just lovely.  It’s no secret to say that Mark’s return home has, on occasion, totally thrown me.  The closest way I can come to explaining it is when a friend asked me recently if I was thinking about having a second child, even I was a bit surprised by how honest my response felt; having Mark home is like having another child. That’s not in anyway to suggest that my husband is juvenile (although, obviously he does have his moments) but more that’s how much it has shaken up my life.  And in just the same way as you completely adore a new baby and are just filled with joy at having them in your life, there is a big adjustment period as you get to know each other. 

But Mark and I aren’t starting from scratch.  And as the song says, despite the learning curve of recent weeks, we are stronger together. 

And so, the chorus so you know what I’m waffling on about:

Together we are stronger, we can overcome

We can walk this road together, we can stand as one

And now nothing can divide us we are stronger together.

Together we below, together we are strong.

Just lovely.