Music

Mom has always been real passionate about music. It has been an important part of her life. She has sang in countless musicals and in choirs. She has taught piano and lead many different youth and adult choir shows. At Dan Hinton she wrote and had her students perform many Christmas productions and other productions that were performed at schools around the valley. She always did a fabulous job with these productions! They were enjoyed by all.

Yesterday Kanani and I (Lehua) were home with her while Malia, Leilani, and Kuliana ran to wal-mart. She woke up and was quite confused. Kanani was by her side at the moment and was trying to understand what mom needed. It was difficult to understand mom. I came down and we tried several things to settle her down. Nothing seemed to be working. I asked mom if she wanted to listen to some music. She agreed that might be nice. We found 2 tabernacle choir CDs, we chose the one with familiar hymns on it. As the CD started playing she instantly became relaxed. Before you know it mom started singing along with the Tabernacle Choir. Kelby, Kanani, and I sat mesmerized with tears running down our faces as mom sang with perfect pitch. She was harmonizing and sounded beautiful. Although she didn't make any sense a few minutes before she sang every word to "How Great Thou Art."

Dad walked in on the first song and we sent Kelby to find Marc on the second song. The second song was more upbeat. She started conducting the music and sang during the chorus. Music works wonders, it brought the spirit into the room so strongly.

Later that night we wanted to hear her sing again. We put the music on. She wanted to sing with Aunt Leora. We hurried and called her down. She was here within minutes. We gave mom a couple of choices of songs to sing. She chose "I Know that my Redeemer Lives" We pushed play and she started singing. By the middle of the song Aunt Leora was able to compose her self a little to be able to join in. It was such a spiritual experience.

We are having so many neat experiences with mom during these times. She has been saying some pretty funny things that we just laugh about and she apologizes for. She is quite blunt and still puts us in our place. She is very polite in her talking. . .she never fails to say please and thank-you, and always asks how we are doing. Her favorite phrase is "that is good". When Aunt Leora is around and is telling stories mom has to correct her and make sure she is telling the story right.

Thank-you everyone for all your love and support. For the food, your phone calls, your thoughts and concern, your visits, the cards, and especially for your prayers. Continue to pray, pray for dad that he can have strength and understanding. Thank-you all.