Songs In Feisty's Heart

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Both of my girls really love to sing. They come by that honestly what with the fact that they come from two very musical families. Care Bear loves to make up songs. She'll use singing as a way of talking when she's playing. However, get her on stage or ask her to perform and she freezes up. Stands there on stage with a "duh" look on her face, not a word coming out of her mouth. I'm hoping one of these days she'll grow out of that. If you notice her singing and praise her on it, she'll clam up and quit singing. So when she sings, I smile inwardly to myself wishing that I could comment on it, but not doing so because I want her to continue with her singing.

Feisty has recently become a singer as well. She sings with her whole heart and soul. Depending on her mood, she will either demand, "Don't sing with me, Mommy!", or request, "Sing it, too, Mommy." Her favorite music of all is her "Jesus music" whether it be her various "Jesus tapes" she listens to in the car, or her "Jesus videos" she watches and sings to at home. While driving in the car yesterday, we were listening to a Jesus tape. The girls were pretending that their Jessie and Woody dolls (from Toy Story) were in a praise band and singing along with the songs. When the song "Father, I adore You" came on (which happens to be Feisty's particular favorite), I noticed it became quite a bit more solemn in the car. I looked back at Feisty singing every word with her eyes lifted to the sky as though she was singing the song straight to Jesus.

Later that day in the evening, after Feisty had had her bath, I brought her downstairs with me to sit by the fire and put her pajamas on. By that time Care Bear was in the bath, Anakin was off somewhere playing and Daddy wasn't home yet. So we were cuddling by the fire when she asked me to sing to her. I began to sing "You Are My Sunshine" to her. When I was done, she informed me that she was going to sing it to me. With great gusto and at the top of her lungs, she sang to me:

"You Are My Sunshine!
You Are My Sunshine!
You Make Me Happy
When Skies are Great!
You Make Me Happy
When Skies Are Great!
You Make Me Happy
When Skies Are Great!
You Are My Sunshine!"

And then she looked at me and clapped. It was the most beautiful version of the song I have ever heard.

We then went on to sing "Jesus Loves me" to which she knew every word.

It was a day of music for Feisty. I hope music always stays in her heart.