07/12/2026
Some dreams take decades to come true.
When I was about 10 years old, I would sit and watch Lionel Richie’s Hello over and over again. I wasn’t just listening to the music—I was dreaming. I longed for someone to love me the way he seemed to love the young woman in the video. As a little girl, I wondered if that kind of love would ever exist for me.
Life has a beautiful way of answering prayers in its own time.
Many years later, my husband sang this song to me with so much love that I suddenly had an overwhelming realization: God had heard the silent prayer of a little girl all those years ago.
Last night, he took me to see Lionel Richie in concert at Madison Square Garden. We were sitting in the very first row, right in the center of the stage. The lights dimmed… and the very first song Lionel sang was Hello.
I smiled through tears.
It felt like God was gently whispering, “I heard you then… and I never forgot.”
Sometimes we think our quietest hopes disappear into the air. But maybe they become prayers. And maybe, in His perfect timing, God answers them in ways more beautiful than we could have imagined.
My heart is so full. ❤️
