Song

Happy Friday! Five Minute Fridays are becoming a routine for me! Here I go...

SONG

When I think of my life, the word 'song' takes me through every turn. There is a quote I heard once- I have no idea who said it- "When you look back, everything in life happens to music."  This is profoundly true in my life for several reasons. One- I love music. I love the way a song can bring to light an emotion that words cannot even begin to cover. Two- I learned at a young age that music was one of my gifts. Beginning at age 7 in that first piano lesson I remember feeling the life that came with the music. That each note made more sense... to create music in silence is in itself a small miracle. That feeling grew as I took on the flute and made it a focal point for my college degree. It grew with my desire to make my career teaching young people how to find their music, how to love their song.  It grew even stronger when that dream came to fruition and even now as I'm paused from that path and living another part of my journey, realizing that I currently have another song to sing that is just as beautiful as my dreams were then. 
I think of the songs that define large moments for me. The songs I hear on the radio that take me back to that precise moment, that exact emotion, sometimes so overwhelming that I cannot listen to the whole song because the emotion is too great. They are not all positive experiences. But they are my soundtrack. They are my life. They are the music that makes me who I am. And I find myself continuing to listen for the next song, the next moment, the next piece to this beautiful medley. And I'm grateful that I have another day to sing.