Keeping A Song In My Heart

Creating is one of my biggest stress relievers

and something that gives me so much pleasure.  But

along with creating, I also LOVE MUSIC!! 

"Music is what feelings sound like."

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I had some fun tonight and began painting

a little songbird.  She isn't finished yet, but I

would like for YOU to give me some more 

ideas on what to add to her.

I added the little song hat for fun.  I still need to 

do some more work on the background flowers but

also think the little singer needs something more???

Maybe an idea popped into your head just now.

Please oh please, share it with me. 

I am sure that I have loved music

  ever since coming out of the womb!

  I remember my mother singing and humming

around the house when I was a little girl.  Sometimes she

would even dance a little jig while drying the dishes. 

And she could really play the piano.  She

had an illness that caused her a lot of a pain and 

heart ache, but when she was singing or playing music

she always wore a Smile..... and

that made me smile and want to sing too.

My mom and dad and me

I remember my grandmother 

having me and my two

younger sisters sing in church when we no older 

than 8, 6 and 5...and our background

music was a record on a record player that

she brought from home!  Isn't that funny?

Then my grandfather would bribe us by

paying us each a quarter

  for singing to the relatives or any company

that stopped by for a visit. Actually, we were

still doing this for our grandpa, not only as those young tots, 

but even when we were in high school!!!!

  Not because of the quarter

(although he still gave us one),

but because we couldn't say no to seeing him

so happy when we sang for him.

 I married my hubby who LOVES music also.

He sings special music numbers with me at church

and we both

sing with our church Worship Team.

Naturally our daughters love music too,

after being a part of

all of those sing-a-longs in the car

when they were growing up.

Music soothes my soul, and can also motivate me

to break out in a little jig around the house!

I've always thought, if only teachers would

put everything to music,

such as math problems, then

I would have been a real whiz in school!!! he-he.

(oh my! I'm probably dating myself here)

Does anyone say  the word "whiz" anymore?

How about you? 

What tricks do you do to de-stress

or simply enjoy?

Really, I want to know.

Oh and thank you for letting me go on an on

about my life and music and for

 reading clear to the end of this post and

not getting bored.

Wow! You must really like me! he-he

I'm singing about you..... can you hear me?

YOU are my Sunshine,

my many Sunshines.

YOU make me Happy when skies are gray.....