Am I here to promote a TV show or a CD? No! It's just as I listen to this CD I can see the faces of the people that sang on it from the TV show and it reminds me why I knit. Not just 'homeless' or 'disadvantaged' - but real people with talents and abilities just like the rest of us, who've had some hard knocks that many of us have not known!
It's amazing how the meaning of the words of well-known songs change when sung by these people. For example, "This is Why We Sing" [Greg Gilpin]:
Sooth a soul
Mend a heart
Bring together lives that have been torn apart
Share the joy
Find a friend
Is a never ending gift that circles back again
This is why we sing
Why we lift our voice
Why we stand as one in harmony
This is why we sing
Why we lift our voice take my hand and sing with me
Music builds a bridge
It can tear down a wall
Music is a language
That can speak to one and all
So I keep knitting - there are real people out their needing my help and, while stitching, I remember to count my blessings. There, but for the grace of God, go I.
