World Music for Little Ears

This week I cleaned out my office to make room for my replacement, Aron. Starting in July, I will be a stay-home-mom; a job that I am really looking forward to. So today I sat down for lunch and decided to listen to some music. I found an old tape that I'd forgotten about, "World Music for Little Ears." It's a tape that I haven't listened to since Divina was only a few months old and I would bring her to work with me. I'd play the tape while I worked and she would sleep beside me in her bassinet. She'd wake for a bottle and, when finished, I'd rock her back to sleep. It was these times when I stepped away from my work and focused completely on her. Just she and I slow dancing to lullabys in languages neither of us knew. She was so sweet then (she's still sweet now, but no longer a "baby"). Upon hearing the music today, her tiny newborn face reappeared in my mind. I could feel her six pound body laying against me. Her scent. Her hair. Her spirit. Transported back in time on a melody, I held her close and quiet again.