Wasn't there, Michelle but I've been in several memorable marches. Perhaps the most life-changing was a snowy day ten years ago when I marched alongside Joe Evans. I had just met Joe and hardly knew him, but we made that long walk, just talking about where we were going in our lives. I told Joe that I intended to retire to the Midwest in a couple of years and he said "Oh, don't do that!, I don't want to hear you say that." It was a surprising comment as I barely knew him well enough to even know his name. A few weeks later, I was moved to start the Gospel Messengers and Joe was the first person I thought of asking. A year or so later, he was Best Man at our wedding, and now, ten years later, he is still my Best Man.

This afternoon, I will be singing with the Greater New Haven Fellowship Male Chorus at a Martin Luther King celebration/ For me, it's a fitting way to honor the man and the dream.

Jerry