SIng!

So many songs in my life.  During my youth, being raised in the house of a musician, with a Mom who was in choir and could hold her own musically as well... we sang.  When a hurricane was literally upon us I recall a very, very precious memory.  My Dad, my Mom, my wonderful Brother and myself met up at the homestead.  We sat in the kitchen around the "Round Table" (My Mom insisted on a Round Table... so everyone had a chance to talk... but that's another story).  We had no power that day.  I think winds were upwards of 90 MPH.  Huge trees that had been there my whole life were uprooted.  But, as we always did over the years... we SANG!  We all grabbed something to play, a guitar a hand held musical instrument, whatever we had that did not require power... and we Jammed!  

While many people were crouched down in fear, we sang, enjoyed eachothers company and we partied!  I was 25, I remember I had started a new Job and was told not to come in because of the hurricane.  Not feeling comfy at my own home, I ventured back to my roots.  What a treasure of a day.  I don't have bitter memories of the hurricane, I have joyful memories of sharing time with those that knew me best.  As far back as I can remember, we sang... in the car, in the house, yes... at church, during holiday gatherings, at school... well... we just sang!  With my own kids, we had a power outage during a blizzard many years ago.  The only heat we had was a gas stove.  With the oven on, all 5 of us were around our little kitchen table.  I grabbed the guitar and we Sang!  What a great time we had!

I share this with you, as well as the video of "Sing!"... because for me, Music has always been a therapy.  (There is indeed such a thing as "Music Therapy").  So I invite you, whatever your trouble is.... to Sing! 

PS .. The car with the radio on... The shower... and yes, I've even been known to make up tons and tons of silly little songs on my way here and there, about whatever I was thinking about at the time.

Happy Singing!

Karla