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Hello everyone. As always thank you for tuning in for what is now the second episode! I hope that you all really enjoyed the first episode. The conversation was fun, light-hearted, and even hysterical at times. I know that both Petti and Charles really had a lot of fun recording it as did I...!For this episode, I want to introduce to you a very dear friend of mine. Though his humility might make it hard for him to admit it: Ben wears many medals of honor - certainly, more than I can recite here. To name a few - Ben is a father, a friend, a son, a fiance and, I might add, an incredibly talented musician.Ben and I ran into each other through a church circle that we both used to belong to. As we are both musicians, we hit it off well musically with Ben's 'spitting fire' and holding the rhythm on guitar while I would pop in here and there with a few little licks on my guitar and hold together the harmony... I can probably find a recording somewhere and - come to think of it - it might even be fun to post as a short musical entry for the podcast one day. Better yet, perhaps Ben and I will get together again now that he is back in town and maybe write something original for the podcast. We'll have to see! (Ben, I know that if you are listening - you would love to do that - so call me. Let's find a time and make that happen!Before we get started here - just a quick word of caution: this episode does contain a bit of explicit material and I would mention that it is not for the faint of heart. If you are easily offended or have small children in the room, I would recommend that you listen at a different time.Also, I would strongly encourage you to please - please listen through to the end of this episode. The first part of Ben's story may come across as being too raw or unruly for some, but out of respect for Ben's incredible vulnerability and honesty in sharing it would only be fair to listen to the end if you are able so that you come away with Ben's entire story.That being said, this is Ben's story and he deserves the final word. Thank you for listening.