When I was in middle school I wrote poetry and song lyrics. I sometimes wish I knew what happened to those pages and pages of young creativity. Today as I was thinking about how to get my kids more interested in things they don’t want to do, and how to keep dinner time prayer time from being such a chore, I thought maybe I could do something to fix it. A friend gave us a prayer dice, you roll it and each side is a different prayer. You roll and whatever you land on is the prayer you use for that meal. The problem is, ironically, this same person taught our kids another prayer, this is sung to the superman theme song and the kids always argue over rolling the die or singing the “superman” prayer before we eat.
Today I wondered if I could pull off writing a few “prayers” that could be turned into songs that my kids could learn to sing at meal time and bed time. Problem is that the same issue I had in middle school is present now, I can write lyrics, but I can’t write the music to go with it. Anyone game for a project like this, who could take the words I write and set them to music you create? It’s been a long time since I’ve written, for something like this, but I know I make up enough silly kids songs several times a week to make my kids laugh that I can probably pull off something! 🙂 The things is, would it be good enough to put to music? I hate doubting myself, but hours ago this sounded like a great idea!!
Our kids are a lot like me, and sing almost all day long (must to Dean’s dismay) and Zeke and Bo now make up their own songs just like mommy does, to be silly most of the time. What if I intentionally put words together for a greater purpose? I grew up listening to my mom playing her guitar as well as occasionally writing her own songs. It’s something I’ve always wished I could give my kids; the encouragement to do so themselves, and the memories of seeing their mom doing the same. I have a guitar I don’t know how to play, I just need to learn. I have the words within me, I just need to write them. I have so much I want to do, but do I have the time and energy, and better yet talent to make it happen?
