A married couple whom I'm friends with recently had a baby.
They go to my church. They hear me sing regularly there and own a copy of the album of "contemporary praise" I recently finished for the church.
So, they played it while she gave birth. It calmed her and the child. They told me that my voice was singing at the moment the child entered the world.
Now, whenever the baby is upset, they put on the CD and it calms him. Obviously associating the calmness his mother has experienced while hearing the music when he was in the womb.
Anyhow, this blew me away. I do not have children. While I was married I did want children - in hindsight this would not have been good of course...
But still.
I was deeply moved that by creating a CD I could be present and impacting an event I was not physically there for. The birth of a child is of incredible significance, to the parents, and to the child of course
To be affecting such a moment is so very humbling. To be physically calming them... it blows me away.
Anyhow, in contemplating all this I realised again, what wonderful people nurses and midwives are. It's an everyday job for them, yet their impact on people is unthinkably large. Makes making music seem trivial.
Still, I felt touched and honoured that they told me. That my music meant enough for them to have it playing at such a central event in their life. It will always be associated with it for them.... astounding.
Thanks for reading this. I had to share it.
Be safe all. [img]smile.gif[/img]