3-21-10 “Music is stored in our long-term memory. " Dr. Joyce Brothers

“Music is stored in our long-term memory. When we learn something through music, we tend to remember it longer and believe it more deeply.” Dr. Joyce Brothers

How often do you sing out loud? How often do you play your music out loud?
I used to sing out loud every day, with an audience. I would sing my boys to sleep. Mostly Disney tunes. They were very young and did not know that I couldn’t sing very well. But now that they are older, I have no one to sing to, unless you count my pets. A new friend of mine posted some oldies on his wall. And boy did they take me back!! I remembered myself when my dreams were unfettered. When I did sing out loud and didn’t care what anyone thought! What an awesome gift he gave me.This past week was spring break and my sons put the computer speakers in the living room and plugged in their I-pods. The house was full of music and all of us would sing at random times. But sometimes we would all sing together and that was wonderful!! Funny that these things would happen the same week...maybe I don’t have enough music in my life. And maybe I don’t sing out loud often enough. But I think that the sharing of their music made it even more special. So share your music, take out your earplugs, crank up the car stereo, crank up the house stereo. And sing and dance.

May your week be as fruitful as I will try to make mine!
L