The Symphony

Life would be wonderful if it were like a symphony. My favorite childhood memories are listening to Chopin and Bach with my dad. He introduced me to music at a very early age and I remember him playing great symphonies and I would dance to the eloquent music. I have always found listening to music as a way to escape the stresses of life. I recently witnessed giraffes at the zoo gliding eloquently across the ground every time they heard music. It was wonderful to see them respond to the music as if they were enjoying it. It made me happy to think that animals also seem to enjoy the music. This gave me hope that my Laney also enjoys the music and finds great peace as I have.

Standing In The Rain

This morning when I woke up it was raining and my thoughts were what a blah day. I felt I couldn't do anything without sunshine. Getting Laney to go out in rain is like pushing a mule out the door. She does not like rain, for what reason I do not know. As I sat there watching it rain, I thought what is stopping me from going out in the rain. I couldn't come up with any reason not to go out in the rain. So, I got dressed went out on my patio and stood in the rain. The longer I stood there the harder it rained and I was getting soaked and loving every minute of it. I even tried to coax Laney into the rain, but she just stood at the door and looked at me as if I had lost my marbles. I even pulled up some flowers that had been killed by the frost. And guess what, the only thing that happened was my hair got curly and my clothes were soaked. I didn't get sick, nor did anything awful happen. It was like any other day just no sunshine. So I thanked God for rainy days and the person that invented dryers. And, someday I hope Laney will join me in the rain.