Spirit Songs

Last night, a group of singers from All Souls came out to our home.  Rowan’s fantastic primary care doctor (and our friend) went to church on Sunday and they talked about music and how it allows us to express some really hard emotions.  She asked if we’d be interested in having a group sing Spirit Songs for Rowan.  We happily arranged it.

So around 6:30, a group of 13 singers came into our living room and filled our home with beautiful harmonies and sounds of peace.  The songs they sang were perfect. Songs of peace. Songs expressing the fact that while we accept and acknowledge that our time with Rowan is almost over for now, that he will be in a place of peace.  Songs that helped us say goodbye, which is what the last few weeks have been.

Rowan slept peacefully through most of it, Evelyn fiddled about fighting her sleepiness, Doc filmed so we could remember this time and share it with Evelyn as she grows older and begins to have questions, and I…I just listened.  Sometimes the songs brought tears. Other times they brought smiles.

We are truly loved and blessed.  The singers filled our house with this sense of profound love and light. It was humbling and fulfilling.