[Music] my name is Henry Carter and this is my wife Margaret I'm 91 years old and Margaret here just turned 90 last week for the past 25 years we've been living on the streets our home is a park bench in Philadelphia where we've spent countless nights Under the Stars huddled together for warmth but before that we had a different life we weren't always homeless we were once music teachers Henry taught violin and I taught piano at a small school music was our world and our students were like our children but life has a way of
taking what you love and testing how strong you can be in 1998 our daughter Emily was diagnosed with leukemia she was only 35 we sold everything we had to pay for her treatment our home our savings even our instruments but we lost her and with her we lost a part of ourselves we couldn't afford to rebuild our lives we thought we could survive on Hope alone but life doesn't make it that simple one bad turn after another and before we knew it we were on the streets for years all we had was each other and
the music in our hearts sometimes we'd play for strangers hoping they'd hear the love in our songs even when the world felt so cold music has been our only constant it's the language we share when words fall short on the days when it felt like we couldn't go on Henry would play his violin and I'd close my eyes and hear the life we once had tonight we're here not just to share our story but to show that no matter how Broken You Feel Love and Music can keep you alive the piece we'll play tonight is
one we wrote together it's called Emily's lullabi it's for our daughter the light of Our Lives who we carry with us in every note we hope you hear her in this melody and feel the love we still hold for her thank you for giving two old souls a chance to remind the world that even when life takes everything music can give it back [Music] good luck [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] n [Music] n [Music] wow [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] n a [Music] [Music] [Music] n [Music] wow [Applause] w [Music] n [Music] [Applause] [Music]
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