Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Yet, She Sings

But, and this is a BIG but, my deaf daughter loves to sing! The incoming eighth grader has sung the last two years in her school choir. Bless her heart, she can't carry a tune, but she is determined and sincere, and so proud she is singing with everybody else.

She is into writing songs now. In fact, it's become a sort of journaling for her. She has written half a dozen songs, mostly about missing a friend or looking for a friend... this is so wonderfully therpautic for her. She's playing with language, she's expressing herself, and the good thing is, she is overcoming her inhibitions about performing alone and begs her grandmother or her dad or me to listen to her. It's so inspiring!

May you be inspired today!