I don’t want to sing a duet with you; I want to live a duet with you. I want to run through life with you hand in hand.” – Chip Hart
Those words were said to me on December 2, 2011 the day that my boyfriend got down on one knee and asked me to spend the rest of my life with him. And the story goes….
We were attending a Christmas party with family members, friends, and business associates that evening. Earlier I had left work to go home and put on the dress we picked out together and looked forward to an enjoyable evening surrounded by close friends. As we are driving to the party, my boyfriend asked me if I had chosen a song for a karaoke duet we could do together. He had asked me to find one a week and half earlier, but I said I did not. He said, “well you will have to sing one alone then.” I dismissed it hoping he would forget when we got there because I didn’t want to sing one. We walked in and visited with people, ate dinner, and then began dancing. I danced with him and a few other people as he kept disappearing on me, but I just figured he was visiting with other people and did not think much of it.
After dancing awhile the host of the party, Mark, announced to everyone that karaoke was going to begin. He said, “we are going to begin karaoke and the person who is going to kick us off is the person that suggested we do karaoke this evening… Chip Hart,” which made me wonder because he mentioned earlier he had never sang karaoke. Chip then asked me to grab a microphone and come out to the floor in front of him. I remember thinking, “here we go, I am just going to have to wing it and go with the flow on this one.” I was very confused, and I kept asking what song we were singing but he never answered me. Mark also asked him what song he was going to sing and he replied, “Will you marry me” but I did not hear that. People began gathering around the dance floor and Chip brought me out closer to and right in front of him. He looked straight into my eyes, and I looked right into his and he began saying into the microphone, “Rebekah I don’t want to sing a duet with you; I want to live a duet with you.” At this point my heart was racing, my hand started shaking and all I could do was smile. He continued by saying, “I want to run through life with you hand in hand.” He took out my gorgeous ring and got down on one knee and said, “Will you marry me?” There were many gasps from surprised guests as the realization dawned on them about what was unfolding. I responded to him, yes! He motioned to me that I needed to say it into the microphone I was holding, because he wanted everyone else to hear, so I said it again, “yes, I will marry you!”. Chip stood up and I hugged and hugged and hugged him. I had the biggest smile on my face for the rest of the evening and all of our close friends, came and congratulated us and gave us big hugs. By the end of the evening my cheeks hurt from smiling so much and the next day they were sore.
When Chip said he wanted to live a duet with me, that means it takes two interdependent people. In a duet there are times each person sings solo pieces but there are also times that the two sing together as one. That is what it looks like when you sing a duet, and not much changes when you live a duet. In living a duet, you have to take two people whom God created uniquely and use each persons uniqueness to create something even more unique. When I think about living a duet I think about taking both of our strengths and using them for the greater good. I have seen this play out many times over the last few months, and it is even present in this blog and the ring that I am now wearing. The ring on my finger is a combination of our two likes, meshed into one brilliant work of faceted art.
In my life I have always clung to the words of Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans for prosperity.” God always has a plan, he created each one of us, and he knows the exact person He created who we are to sing a duet with.
Where is your heart, are you open to allowing someone to sing a duet with you?
Have a super day!
Rebekah Chavez
e/d Chip Hart
Those words were said to me on December 2, 2011 the day that my boyfriend got down on one knee and asked me to spend the rest of my life with him. And the story goes….
We were attending a Christmas party with family members, friends, and business associates that evening. Earlier I had left work to go home and put on the dress we picked out together and looked forward to an enjoyable evening surrounded by close friends. As we are driving to the party, my boyfriend asked me if I had chosen a song for a karaoke duet we could do together. He had asked me to find one a week and half earlier, but I said I did not. He said, “well you will have to sing one alone then.” I dismissed it hoping he would forget when we got there because I didn’t want to sing one. We walked in and visited with people, ate dinner, and then began dancing. I danced with him and a few other people as he kept disappearing on me, but I just figured he was visiting with other people and did not think much of it.
After dancing awhile the host of the party, Mark, announced to everyone that karaoke was going to begin. He said, “we are going to begin karaoke and the person who is going to kick us off is the person that suggested we do karaoke this evening… Chip Hart,” which made me wonder because he mentioned earlier he had never sang karaoke. Chip then asked me to grab a microphone and come out to the floor in front of him. I remember thinking, “here we go, I am just going to have to wing it and go with the flow on this one.” I was very confused, and I kept asking what song we were singing but he never answered me. Mark also asked him what song he was going to sing and he replied, “Will you marry me” but I did not hear that. People began gathering around the dance floor and Chip brought me out closer to and right in front of him. He looked straight into my eyes, and I looked right into his and he began saying into the microphone, “Rebekah I don’t want to sing a duet with you; I want to live a duet with you.” At this point my heart was racing, my hand started shaking and all I could do was smile. He continued by saying, “I want to run through life with you hand in hand.” He took out my gorgeous ring and got down on one knee and said, “Will you marry me?” There were many gasps from surprised guests as the realization dawned on them about what was unfolding. I responded to him, yes! He motioned to me that I needed to say it into the microphone I was holding, because he wanted everyone else to hear, so I said it again, “yes, I will marry you!”. Chip stood up and I hugged and hugged and hugged him. I had the biggest smile on my face for the rest of the evening and all of our close friends, came and congratulated us and gave us big hugs. By the end of the evening my cheeks hurt from smiling so much and the next day they were sore.
When Chip said he wanted to live a duet with me, that means it takes two interdependent people. In a duet there are times each person sings solo pieces but there are also times that the two sing together as one. That is what it looks like when you sing a duet, and not much changes when you live a duet. In living a duet, you have to take two people whom God created uniquely and use each persons uniqueness to create something even more unique. When I think about living a duet I think about taking both of our strengths and using them for the greater good. I have seen this play out many times over the last few months, and it is even present in this blog and the ring that I am now wearing. The ring on my finger is a combination of our two likes, meshed into one brilliant work of faceted art.
In my life I have always clung to the words of Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans for prosperity.” God always has a plan, he created each one of us, and he knows the exact person He created who we are to sing a duet with.
Where is your heart, are you open to allowing someone to sing a duet with you?
Have a super day!
Rebekah Chavez
e/d Chip Hart