Joyful Noise

This morning katherine was talking to me with a a happy little lilt and melodic tone to her voice...she sounded like she was singing as she spoke. It sparked an idea!!! I sang out, "let's have a day where everything we say, we say singing!" (imagine a very bad opera featuring women and children of no musical talent!!) I just wanted to make a silly fun way to start the day on a happy note. (pun intended - my humor is about as lame as my opera).

I remember when Kameron was younger and I would hear him whistling. It made me feel good. I knew by the whistle that he was happy. It's just not possible to whistle when you are sad. I think singing with kids is the same way...even if you are down, once you start singing you WILL get lifted up!! So I love days when we turn up the music and dance around. We make up silly moves and slide around in our socks. We sing loudly as if we had great voices or knew all the words and we make fun memories.

Today the kids both giggled at me when I suggested that we sing our conversations. But, they jumped on board without hesitation...I looked at Connor and sang (in a high pitched soprano) "Connor - Will you please join us in a day where everything we say, we say singing!?!?"

He looks at me and shakes his head as if to say 'she's crazy!'. Then he grins and replies in his own little sing-songy voice, "noo-oh!" Ah ha - that kid is a treasure. Some days just feel perfect. I really do love my life - even with the chaos and changes going on in the background of it...my life is the best. My kids are amazing and they make ordinary days feel like Christmas and bring out a song in me when it's the last thing I thought I would be doing as I make my coffee.

I still remember a day when I was little when my Mom decided that we needed to have a parade. I grabbed my baton, my brother grabbed his trumpet and Mom had a tamborine. We all marched around the house in and out of every room!!! We sang Mickey Mouse club and anything else we could think of. I still giggle when I think of that day. We laughed, made our own music and sang silly songs that will play back in my mind forever. I wish I had a picture of that day!!!

This one is for you Grandma Bailey -

as I know the joyful noise we make would have made you so very happy to sing along.

"In my heart there rings a melody,

There rings a melody

with heaven's harmony;

In my heart there rings a melody;

There rings a melody of love!"