Tag Archive ' singing'

We have been waking up to this song every morning this week: You’ve got all that emotion that’s heaving like an ocean And you’re drowning in a deep, dark well I ask the children to pick a song for the week.  It will be the soundtrack to which we get ready for the day.  My…

I have one list in my pocket.  And I have many other lists in my head.  I am trying to simultaneously follow directions, drive, answer my Little Ones’ endless questions, and tally up the items on my lists.  Oh, and sing.  We are all singing in the car too, of course. My heart is fighting anxiety while…

we are snuggled on the couch sandwiched together, more like.  Little Lady leaning into me;  Littlest Lady, on my other side, resting her head on my shoulder, her arm linked with mine, and Little Man, well, he is on my lap, squirming about, looking up at me, laughing, chattering, easing his way off my lap…

Two brothers, clutching each other’s hands as they walk with blistered, battered feet… emaciated, skeletal bodies, mouths dry, longing for home, water, food… something I hold my son close and sing to him as he falls asleep Two brothers, wasted, lifeless, half naked roam the deserted streets of Haleb, the older boy carrying their baby…

We are in the theatre today. Meeting with our sound engineer. I am standing on the stage feeling like a little girl and at the same time trying to act like a professional adult as I speak to our very capable engineer (thank you, Lord!  You can already tell that he is meticulous about sound…