Happy Mothers Day!
With Mothers Day coming up on Sunday, I want to thank all of
the mothers in my life – my own mother in particular (who left this life in 2015),
my sister, my cousins, nieces, and all my friends who have sacrificed so much
in order to care for and raise their children to become responsible, kind, productive
adults!
I performed a concert yesterday at one of the assisted
living facilities on my regular rotation, and they had the room set up as a Mother’s
Day tea with lovely eats, pink balloons, and a festive, celebratory atmosphere.
I had prepared to sing a few songs in honor of the occasion and thought it would
be fun to share them with you.
The first is a song that my own mother taught me when I was 4.
She had me sing it as she accompanied me on piano at a mother/daughter luncheon
at the church. My oh my, was that stage high! I later realized after visiting
that room as an adult that the stage was no more than 6 inches! But relatively…
When my mother turned 60, (that would have been in 1990) my
sister and I did a little concert for her birthday party. I rewrote the second
verse of the song to make it relevant to our mother. So, this little video is
from the party, with me singing and playing guitar, and my sister playing flute
and singing harmony:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLHwz-CiQUM
I worked up an accompaniment of this on lever harp (lots of
leaving out the third of the chord in order to not have to constantly flip
levers) and sang it at yesterday’s tea.
I also did a few more that were “mother-honoring” songs,
like Wind Beneath My Wings, Turn Around, and Que Sera, Sera. And toward the end
of the concert, I performed a song that I had written to honor my mother’s life.
I was able to play it for her just days before she passed away. I put together
a video with photos and have posted it on YouTube:
Wishing you all a happy and meaningful Mother’s Day!
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