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My Dad's Song

3/20/2018

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From son to father

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This is a song from a son in California, and his extended family, to a father with ALS disease in East Germany.

There are three sections of the song, representing three different phases:

Section 1 = A simple piano tune arose in son Torsten's mind, and stayed with him as he thought about his father, far across the sea, struggling with ALS

Section 2 = A short movement to represent the pain of separation and great loss

Section 3 = A weaving together of all of the pieces of a life, family members, love, old memories understood in new ways, and a gathering of love and gratitude for a beloved father. If you listen carefully you'll hear the trumpet--Torsten's father's instrument, interwoven with some electric guitar, a more youthful sound--the sounds of the father and the son. A song to lift everyone up and prepare for whatever is next in the great journey of life.

MY DAD'S SONG

All of our love to you
All of our love to you
​All of our love to you...

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Out of the Blue

11/3/2016

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Alzheimer's: Losing my dad

PictureMe and my dad, in his final hours
Two months ago, my dad died. The experience of losing him was slow and gradual, because he had Alzheimer's Disease. It was also quick, because the difference between near-death and actual death turns out to be pretty sudden and profound. But above all, my dad's death felt magical to me, because loving my dad was always a magical experience, from the time I was tiny and he was creating birthday magic shows, Halloween haunted houses, treasure hunts to the town dump and movies starring us kids, until the very late stages of his life with this challenging disease when he was asking me deep and caring questions about my view of the world. His death felt magical because it ended with singing. My mom, sister, brother and I all held hands around his bedside and sang "Dona Nobes Pacem" ("Bring Us Peace") - a favorite round in my family - in his final hours. What follows is one song about my dad and mom, in honor of National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, and two others to round out the story of my dad and my family's journey with Alzheimer's.


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Teddy's Song

4/11/2016

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A Unique Adoption Love Song

​This month's song is written in the voice of newly adoptive mother Deb to her newborn son Teddy. It's a love song of grand proportions, because the story of Deb and Teddy is far from your typical adoption story (if there even is such a thing!) And it is one that I have gotten to see from an up-close vantage point for the past several years, as this story has meandered, halted and faltered at bit in places, and is now experiencing it own kind of "full bloom."
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Who You Are

5/8/2014

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A Song for All Moms on Mother's Day

Dear Moms, everywhere, all across the planet, 

Old and young, tired and refreshed, brave and scared.

We are your children.
We are the people you labored to bring here,
The ones who needed you desperately, at times,
And the ones who needed to push out beyond you, at other times. 

This song is for all of you. Enjoy!
Read on to learn the Story Behind the Song...

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Our Dance

6/18/2013

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TOPIC: An "Alzheimer's Waltz" for Love and Life

Celebrating a Life and Partnership

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"Our Dance" - Free Download
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Rita lost her husband and long-time life-partner (and dance-partner) Dick, this past January. To commemorate his life and celebrate their relationship, she came up with a truly original idea: Why not commission a song that could be choreographed, so that she could dance to it, at his memorial service, as a way of celebrating his life and honoring their life-long love of dancing!

I thought this was an incredibly brave undertaking on her part. I listened carefully as she told me all about

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Bright Eyes - An Update

1/30/2013

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TOPIC: A Father Dies of Lou Gehrig's Disease and Leaves Behind a Song for his Daughter

A Fond Farewell From A Father "Locked In" With ALS

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Yesterday at 1:30 PM Andy Eddowes gave up his long struggle with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease and quietly passed away.

Today I want to share with you the song Andy created with me for his 12-year-old daughter, despite the fact that he was unable to speak or move, because of his disease.    
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You and Me

6/7/2012

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TOPIC: Wife to husband, on his 60th birthday

Here's a Twinkly Story-Video About a Song Composed for One Exact Moment in Time

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Dive In

6/6/2012

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TOPIC: A song that celebrates NOT holding yourself back!

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TRULY "DIVE IN"?

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This is a song about what it means to really and truly turn yourself over to what you want: to DIVE IN. I got to share it on a TV show about "Using Your Gifts" recently, and here is a little more to the story behind the song. While I was working on this song I found myself asking myself, "Are there areas where I am holding myself back? Are there ways in which I identify something I really want to come to pass, and then hover around the edges of letting it become so? And, maybe more importatly, when I look back over the course of my life at times when I really HAVE let myself DIVE IN, have I been glad I took the plunge? My answer to this last question was a strong, powerful, life-affirming YES!

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Cynthia

6/6/2012

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TOPIC: Grieving the loss of a sister who struggled with mental illness and died early
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RoAnn's Song

3/1/2012

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TOPIC: Honoring the Birthday of a Celebrated Woman
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