I've been a fan of the Indigo Girls since I learned that they existed, and not just because I knew Emily as a kid. The Saliers family and mine went to the same church, and Emily is my age, so we were in Sunday school, youth choir, and church youth group together. We did a fair amount of folk singing in youth group; Emily would play the guitar while we all sang. And once she sang us a song that she had written. (I wish I could remember it better; something about an old man drinking tea.)

We were friendly but not really friends; I doubt she would remember me anymore--at least not without prompting.