my childhood friend and I chilling out at her place. ..few days before Christmas. Sunny afternoon outside. Cool dark room. I blurt out I want to learn a Christmas carol. She sings well. I can't carry a tune if it's complicated. My brute of a buddy teases me to death about that but today she tells me I like the way you sing Abba's "I had a dream. It suits your voice" I'm so happy. And then we both start singing it together. My 13 year old friend and I are ecstatic. Things get better as she looks at me notices my joy and says so you want me to teach you a Christmas carol?
What a serene blissful afternoon that was. Singing and copying down musical notations for Joy to the world and then 500 miles
I sing these days to my children. Songs from once upon a childhood forever.
(c) Amrita Valan 2015
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