Oleta Adams - "Get Here (If You Can)"

Hope. Belief. Wonder.

We could all use a little of that right now, and this song always brings that to me. The resurgence of hope when you believe something into being. Knowing that it is just beyond the horizon winging it’s way to you, like a gift you can’t see coming. Believe. Hope. Dream.

Oleta Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer and pianist. Adams found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears's international chart-topping album, The Seeds of Love (1989). Her albums Circle of One (1991) and Evolution (1993) were top 10 hits in the UK; the former yielded a Grammy-nominated cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here", which was a top 5 hit in both the UK and the US. Adams has been nominated for four total Grammy Awards, as well as two Soul Train Music Awards.

Adams was born the daughter of a preacher and was raised listening to gospel music. In her youth, her family moved to Yakima, Washington, which is sometimes shown as her place of birth. She got her musical start in the church.

Before gaining her opportunity to perform, Adams faced a great deal of rejection. In the 1970s, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she recorded a demo tape. However, many music executives were exclusively interested in disco music rather than Adams' preferred style.

So today with a little more hope that we’ll get there as a country, I choose Oleta Adams cover of “Get Here (If You Can)” as my, keep believing, keep hoping, keep dreaming, song for a, patience is a virtue, stay strong, we’ll get there, Wednesday.