21 November 2010

. . . thankful #21 . . .

. . . today's primary program . . .
. . . and every primary program
i've ever heard . . .

{children pictured are not actual harmony park ward primary kids}


. . . truths are taught and reinforced
through spoken word
and {my favorite part} music . . .


. . . but today i had a flashback . . .
. . . kind of like on
the most recent episode of glee
where mr. schuester
was hallucinating from
some exotic strain of the flu
and after writing on the chalkboard,
he turned around to find
his high school students had shrunk . . .

{seriously, though, that mashup of "singin' in the rain" and "umbrella"
with gwyneth paltrow was amazing!}

. . . yeah ~ kind of like that . . .

. . . i went back to a time when . . .
. . . this darling cheerleader's chubby hands
sweetly signed the songs . . .
. . . and this scary witch
was more than a little bitter
because she was young for her grade,
had started junior high,
and was still in primary . . .
. . . when this tiny dancer
sang every song at the top of her lungs ~
with so much enthusiasm
the veins in her neck
practically exploded . . .
. . . and when drew
{he's the one in the pink shoes}
was waaaaaaaaaay too cool to sing . . .

. . . back to a time
when there were
literally hundreds of primary-aged kids
in our ward . . .
. . . a time
when primary music was my calling
and the children occupied all the choir seats
and half the pews in the chapel . . .
. . . and i perched precariously
{and very pregnantly}
on a rickety set of wooden steps
and gave them the universal motion
for "everybody stand up together" . . .
. . . and before they even started singing,
{that was the year i taught them "families can be together forever"}
my eyes welled up with tears . . .
. . . yep ~ just as they're doing right now . . .

. . . i had a little flashback today . . .
. . . and i liked it . . .
{mascara is overrated!}

{sunbeams are amazing!}


3 comments:

Michelle said...

Oh we just had our program. It was wonderful, and not because I wrote it but because the kids were amazing. Love your new quilt and I have to admit I've had a peek at the whole thing. LOVE IT! Also my Andrew just got his mission call to Mexico. The Oaxaca mission. I must say I'm a bit scared. I need to call you for comfort and reassurance. I know he'll be great but we don't have the best relations with mexico right now.

granny said...

What great memories!

chris+amber said...

i'm a boob when my kids do their primary programs too. and i don't have to wonder what elliott would look like if he dressed up as a witch like his mama did. wow! so cute.