Comments

From Pauline Lerner
Posted from 138.88.94.43 on April 24, 2008 at 10:30 PM (GMT)
Laurie, I believe that you published your prayer on this site several years ago, and I thought it was beautiful. It must be even more beautiful set to music. Making a CD can be a whole lot of work. In your case, it was a labor of love. It's so very personal. It's a wonderful gift for your sister.
From Patricia Baser
Posted from 72.195.178.42 on April 24, 2008 at 11:58 PM (GMT)
How sweet!
From Ray Randall
Posted from 24.217.237.195 on April 25, 2008 at 12:43 AM (GMT)
Very nice. I see why you like that violin.
From Corwin Slack
Posted from 69.151.194.147 on April 25, 2008 at 2:29 AM (GMT)
Your children are blessed.
From Donna Clegg
Posted from 71.204.40.183 on April 25, 2008 at 3:15 AM (GMT)
Oh so tender - I will learn it to sing (and perhaps play) for my grandchildren - if I ever have any! Thank you for sharing.
From Drew Lecher
Posted from 64.53.208.254 on April 25, 2008 at 3:39 AM (GMT)
Wonderful story and precious Payer.
D.
From Thomas Gardner
Posted from 208.22.177.10 on April 25, 2008 at 11:36 AM (GMT)
Very nice Laurie.
In regards to the Paganini caprices though, I have found them useful for bouncing a child on my knee.
From Theresa Martin
Posted from 24.124.10.2 on April 25, 2008 at 5:43 PM (GMT)
Those are exactly the things I sang to my kids when they were little. Our favorite lullabyes were Pretty Little Horses and Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore. And camp songs--yes! I used to thump on my younger son's chest, bouncing him in his car seat for hundreds of miles singing "Ran San San" and when they were a little older, endless variations of "Down by the Bay" and when they were even older, things like "Titanic" where the "husbands and wives, little children lost their lives...." But older son (now almost 18) goes to sleep listening to Beethoven, so there's a place for everything else too.
From Laurie Niles
Posted from 75.5.4.133 on April 25, 2008 at 6:37 PM (GMT)
I'll have to try Pag 24 as a non-lullaby -- ;)

Theresa, did you also do Music Together with your kids? A lot of those songs are on there!

It's really a fun time to get back in touch with the most basic music. I actually learned a lot of songs that I hadn't known before.

Now my daughter, at age almost-11, is a bit more into her I-pod, but I'm still enjoying seeing what songs she chooses to listen to. So far, she's still willing to share that with me!

From Jim W. Miller
Posted from 172.168.86.72 on April 25, 2008 at 8:57 PM (GMT)
I listened to the Med. yesterday in a loop, and two hrs. had gone by before I realized it. Real enjoyable. The lullaby was disappointing, only because I was expecting singing! Hope you get some milage from the CD. Couldn't get either to play on the site player. For a check, other ppl's. worked. Had to paste in the url from the page source.