Musicals and Relationships
For as long as I can remember, musicals have been a part of my life. I guess I could blame it on my parents, early exposure to musicals such as “Fiddler OnThe Roof”, “Oklahoma”, “South Pacific”, “The Music Man”, “The Wizard of Oz”. Even cartoon musicals such as “Peter Pan”, “Cinderella”, and “Lady and The Tramp”. I guess you could call my family “Musical-a-holics”.
For the last couple of days my dad and I have been sending eachother musical clips from youtube.com.
I have been having a blast. I guess you might ask “What does this have to do with parenting and religion?”
Well, let me tell you. My religion is not just about religion, it is about relationship. My relationship with my savior.
My Father, God, wants me to have a great relationship with my parents. He wants me to honor and respect my mom and dad. I believe that as an adult child I can do that by having fun with them, just like I can have fun with my own kids.
Playing this -”What song will you send me now?”- thing is honoring to the relationship we have. It brings back good memories, and enables us to communicate with love and humor.
I am thankful to have my parents. As long as I have them, I will enjoy them.
And I hope to bring them joy too.
June 20th, 2007 at 11:45 am
The Music Man is one of my all-time favorites! Nothing compares to Ron Howard singing “Oh, the Wellsth Fargo Wagon istha COMIN’ down the sthreet…” “Old Man River” is still tear-jerker, too.
June 20th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I am glad my daughter Jean made those very kind and appreciative comments about her parents. Thanks Jean.
When I was 16 I worked part time as an usher in a local movie theater for quite a while. It was a very interesting job. During the time period I was doing the usher job I listened to scores of music from Oklahoma, Carosel, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, The King and I, plus many other musical films.
Listening to the movies over and over again as I worked my job gave me a memory full of good tunes and stories.
In later years when I married and had a family it was a pleasant experience to buy or rent most of the same musical movies on video so my family could watch and listen to them.. So I am glad to see Jean’s comments of appreciation which enhances the joys of being a Father. Thanks Jean.
Love;
Dad