Have you ever not done something for so long that you forgot how much it fills your soul?

Last night, I was watching a special live stream of a reunion episode of The West Wing.  Everyone involved did an excellent job.  What pulled most at my HEARTSTRINGS was the music. I had forgotten the underscore of the series, the music that was as much of a character moving the story, as any dialogue or silence.  "They" say a picture is worth a thousand words, well in my opinion, so is silence, in dialogue or music. That moment before the resting tone.

I miss live orchestral music, I miss live choral music, I miss a live broadway musical.  I miss the palpable energy between cast, orchestra, and audience, whether I am in the cast or in the audience.  I miss it all.  It pulls at my HEARTSTRINGS.

What I still get to witness is the sound of early childhood music makers and families making music in ways that pull at my HEARTSTRINGS.  Seeing moments of joy while connecting through music, knowing that we are all laying the foundation for future enjoyment and participation in the lifelong experience of music making and active listening.  Thank you all for that!

So back to HEARTSTRINGS.  My HEARTSTRINGS greatest reaction was the first time I heard our daughter's cry at birth.  Wow!

Have you ever noticed your Baby cry during a lullaby, or a particular song.  If the song is written in a MINOR KEY, that is likely why.  Composers know that songs written in Minor Keys, pull at those  heartstrings.  Think of FAR FROM THE HOME I LOVE, from  FIDDLER...., Minor Key=heartstrings=tears.

So as we wait patiently to be able to create Music Together^® in the same space one day soon, we continue to experience it and make it in our own homes, and still together! A blessing for all of our HEARTSTRINGS! Thank you. ~Wendy