A while back I wrote From Russia with a Belly Laugh of Love about my friend's adopted Russian daughter, and her amazing belly laugh.
This little girl has a deeply musical heart, and love's my piano. She loves my metronome. She likes to open my Beethoven book and pretends to play. Then asks for my kids books. Goes giddy when I play.
I have a deep weakness for high quality musical electronics and recently purchased a fancy dancy extravaganza of a recording device, for my own boondoggle of music fun. She loved it even more than I, singing, "Wheels On the Bus" into the recording device, while playing a surprisingly rhythmic accompaniment.
I haven't taught piano for a while and have actually enjoyed the break this year. I taught for five years, and this year, I love having just my music. But this girl's love of music has won my heart. Her insatiable curiosity of music might pull be back out of "retirement" to bring melody to her life.
The girl with the world's deepest belly laugh, and a shared love of melody, Beethoven her dream. . . I have prayers for her, and her equally amazing American brother who also has a smile and laugh to die for, and her older brother, back in Russia, who too also loves music. And always deep prayerful gratitude for their Mom, my best friend since I was two...
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