The origins are fuzzy but we were driving back to her house when she asked me to take a detour to Clarkson's campus. we pull around to the far side of a building that anyone hardly uses. We are fortunate enough to meet someone walking out of the door as we are going in (these doors are locked from the outside).
Once inside, she takes me to the stairwell. The campus only has one as far as I know, one that echos and reverberates as well as this one. We walk up a level or two and stop at a corner where the stairs take a 90ยบ turn. We are standing there, facing each other. I'm not sure what I had on my face but she was looking at me with this look that said 'you think you know why you're here but I want to show you something beyond your expectations'.
Before I knew it, "Fingerprints of God" was being sung in the most beautiful voice, echoing in the most beautiful way, sounding so full and rich. Without any shame or fear showing, she sang...and I was left completely speechless. Multitudes of people could have gone up and down those stairs in those few minutes and I saw not even one of them!
Even now, I can hear it being sung as if she were next to me.
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