The Gift of Song

I like to sing along to the radio especially when I drive.  After one such session with Mama Lai in the car, I lamented that Mama Lai did not bless me with the gift of song.  Mama Lai remembered:

"When you were five or six and started to go to church, they would lead everyone in song.  You didn't know how to sing, but you would get so into the music that you would just shout the words at the top of your voice.  And the Sunday school teachers didn't know what to do.  You weren't singing, but you did it with such enthusiasm."

And then she paused and laughed at me:

"And some things always stay the same." 

Be All that You can Be

Mama Lai was giving me a pep talk about fitness, dieting and presentability:

"You need to be constantly improving yourself."

Not in the mood to hear it from Mama Lai the other day, I talk backed and said "my future husband will just have to love me for who I am."  Then Mama Lai said:

"You don't improve yourself for other people.  As you get older you realize it's more important what you think of yourself when you confront your own reflection than what other people think.  When you look at yourself in the mirror when you're at my age, you want to know you put everything into making yourself the best that you can be."