Sunday, May 25, 2014
AMY'S got the BEST OF MY LOVE
Amy,
This was done in one take just before setting up for Eric's party. I wish I would've looked at the camera more but my friend Kristin was following my every move (that I was trying to remember from the Soul Train youtube clip of the Emotions) and her husband Dave was filming on my iphone -- both of them were cracking me up. I was so out of breath trying to dance and sing those high notes. I begged Eric for a cameo and he jumped in for a few lines. Hope it makes you happy.
Love,
M
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Only A Preview... Best of My Love
Amy, I'll try to convince the crowd at my party on Saturday to do this with me. Imagine I'm the tall one on the left singing my heart out.
In the meantime, Happy 41st. Enjoy the black magpies and the open spaces and keep writing your heart out.
Love you.
M
Happy birthday Amy Lovejoy.
You are a force of nature! You are beautiful and wise and loud and full of joy and fun and strong and an inspiration in so many ways to so many people. I am proud to call you my friend. I am in awe of who you are. This world would be less sparkly without your vivacious presence.
Because of you I'm sitting in my car on the side of the road talking into my phone having just joined a blog to celebrate your life. Babe... you got impact!
Seriously, when I think of you I think of your impact on the world and how positive it has been.
I celebrate your birth my dear!
Love,
Jessica
Karin
Dear Amy,
Soon after we moved back to the U.S. from Bosnia, a few of
my women friends initiated a group of us to sing together for some event.
We enjoyed it so much we did it again. And added some more women
friends. And soon, we had a group of 12 women that gathered in each
others' living rooms every week for the next eight years. We sang, we
talked and we performed many, many times. We sang each other through life
transitions: the birth of our children, death of our parents/siblings, marriage,
divorce, empty nest, infertility, graduations, new jobs, sickness, etc.
During those years, both of my children were born.
They were surrounded by the voices of women from their days in the womb to the
many evenings of being passed around the circle while we sang. The night before
the birth of my second child, we performed this song in a local bookstore in
honor of the upcoming birth. Though I was convinced I was having another boy,
much to my surprise, Mabel Virginia was born. We played this song over and
over to welcome her into the world. A few months later, the women of Full
Circle sang this song again at our church as we dedicated ourselves to
nurturing her in body and spirit.
And now I share it with you as you welcome your little Queen
of the Earth, Child of the Stars.
Queen Of The Earth, Child Of The Stars Leela
Grace
On the night that you were born, I looked out the window to
the sky
And the brilliant stars sang to me as you uttered your first cry
I looked down into your face and saw stars shining in your eyes
My small queen of the earth, child of the stars
And the brilliant stars sang to me as you uttered your first cry
I looked down into your face and saw stars shining in your eyes
My small queen of the earth, child of the stars
I held you in my arms and sang you to sleep
And your face shone so bright, I could not but with joy weep
I knew with every passing hour my love for you would grow more deep
My small queen of the earth, child of the stars
And your face shone so bright, I could not but with joy weep
I knew with every passing hour my love for you would grow more deep
My small queen of the earth, child of the stars
As you opened your wide eyes and held my gaze with your own
I could see, with aching joy, you dancing from me when you’re grown
But wherever you go, my darling, know you’ll never be alone
My small queen of the earth, child of the stars
I could see, with aching joy, you dancing from me when you’re grown
But wherever you go, my darling, know you’ll never be alone
My small queen of the earth, child of the stars
(© 1998 Leela Grace, BMI)
The original by Leela and Ellie Grace: https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/11%20Queen%20Of%20The%20Earth%2C%20Child%20Of%20The.m4a?_subject_uid=161626963&w=AADOP09iXQ8Z7h7oHHlOTg0DEaIJPhJvYXUiTLvvQDt3lA
A rendition by the women of Full Circle: https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/10%20Track%2010%207.m4a?_subject_uid=161626963&w=AADFwFDgQLq_vWK4p1CDlhfafOIhWbtii2eQGDlUtrG78w
Much love to you,
Karin
Monday, May 19, 2014
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