05/29/2026
If youโve spent time at Open Mic, chances are youโve heard Delicaโs voice.
Through music, Delica shares pieces of her story, songs shaped by resilience, healing, and hope. But long before she stepped up to the microphone, she was simply someone looking for connection and acceptance during a difficult season of life.
As we prepare to widen the table and welcome 25 new Friends of the Table, weโre sharing stories from people whose lives have been shaped by this community. Delica recently shared these words:
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ: ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค, ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ.
๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ. ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐งโ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฎ.โ
Thank you, Delica, for sharing your gifts, your music, and your story with this community.
If you believe in creating spaces where people can find belonging, connection, creativity, and encouragement, consider becoming a Friend of the Table through monthly giving.
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