Music
A Different Christmas
After much anticipation, Christmas arrived. Yesterday I kept myself busy cooking and baking and delivering goodies. I made my mom’s Christmas bread which she made every year. This year I was on my own. I asked her for help particularly to determine if the dough was the right consistency. It did turn out a little […]
Light of the World
This morning I heard the song, “Light of the World” by Lauren Daigle. It has been in my head all day. Tonight I found a video of the song that included the story of Christmas. It was beautiful. I Found God in a beautiful song and video of the Christmas story.
Angels and Candles
Today is the first day of Advent. I loved seeing the giant wreath at church with the giant candles. Back at home I prayed the Advent wreath blessing and lit the first candle. I found a good list of Advent music on YouTube that includes the lyrics and enjoyed singing along best as I could. […]
Extreme Courage
Yesterday I was blessed to go to my granddaughter’s voice lesson and listen to her sing. She has been taking lessons for about a year now as singing is truly her passion. It became evident when she was a toddler that God had given her this talent. Her perfect pitch and musicality is truly amazing. […]
Music Donation
It was a very good thing that my sisters and I meticulously sifted through my mom’s music. Today the president of one of the music organizations that my mom was involved with came over. We chatted a bit about our commonalities. He teaches in the music department at the same local college where my dad […]
Music Day
We have been wondering what to do with the filing cabinet full of music that my mom had. The other day, my mom’s piano duet playing friend came over and looked through the music. She paired up the duet pieces and took quite a stack with her. Today my sisters and I got together on […]
Music of the Past
It was pretty quiet today as I was doing things around the house, so I decided to put some music on. First I looked through some records and found one from my brother’s middle school band and choir. I had to listen to that. The songs and arrangements were as I remembered from the 1970’s […]
Still Counting My Blessings
Today was my oldest son’s birthday. Per his request I made chicken enchiladas and a fruit pizza which I haven’t made in a very long time. I spent the afternoon at his house helping to make sure my daughter in law was doing ok. She gets a little better every day since the ankle surgery […]
Counting My Blessings
I have had a song going through my head all day today. It was “Counting My Blessings” by Seph Schlueter. As it ran through my head, I did in fact reflect on all the blessings God has given me – family, friends, faith, home, food. Then I started looking closer and being even more grateful. […]
Made of Music
I have had the pleasure of spending much time with my granddaughter the past couple days. She is always humming and singing and tapping in rhythm. She has always loved singing and has always been quite good. Last year she started taking singing lessons and is really improving her tone. Even so, she hasn’t really […]
Still Finding God 