Of course, “problems do occur,” Chip said, “and we solve them together. But they say there haven’t been any more obstacles. It’s an integral part of our lives,” she said.Īs with all relationships, Delia and Chip have had some tough times - they’ve been there for each other throughout the loss of Chip’s father and later, his mother, and through the loss of Delia’s father. We have never stopped enjoying music together. I was beyond impressed!! At my birthday party, Chip wrote the lyrics to four songs which were sung by Brandi Harvey accompanied by Michael Braz and the band. They sang together and he sang a song to me. One of Delia’s favorite memories of their relationship is when they went to Emma Kelly’s place in Savannah.
We were a good match, because our individual skills came together to complete the design and construction,” he said. The design started on a drawing board in the bedroom of our old house, where I would draw late at night and Delia would make suggestions. “We took our time and built it like we wanted. People were delighted to contribute and indeed were very generous because they believed in her and the homeless mission,” he said.Īnother song that Chip wrote for Delia was written in jest, “Whatever Delia Wants, Delia Gets.” The couple also worked together to build their home and provided most of the physical labor during the construction phase. “We worked together to raise the money for the building and are proud to say that, because of the generosity of this community, the building is completely paid for.
The mission strives to rehabilitate homeless people from Bulloch County. Chip said that using teamwork to accomplish a goal also reminds him of their work to build the Open Hearts Community Mission, of which Delia now serves as Executive Director. These trips are some of the couple’s favorites. They’ve also flown to the Bahamas and rented sailboats or drove to South Florida. Altogether they took 10 summer trips, each required anywhere between 10 days to three weeks. Being on a trip out in the wide-open ocean seems like a great place to think about life and Chip said that it gave him the opportunity to contemplate how lucky he was to be with Delia.