I'm listening to Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs album. It always makes me smile. Song can be right speech or wrong speech. There is rap and other songs that can incite harming. There are songs that encourage division and duality instead of commonality. Those of us who are parents have experienced that desire to protect our children from lyrics that are hateful or destructive in some way. We are atune to the messages thrust at our kids. But music can be sublime and encourage our connection with peoples and situations far removed from our own experiences. I cannot imagine a wedding without music and at least one song that is that blessing to the couple.
So, I'm working on a tradition my family has of singing a song to the couple at the rehearsal dinner. The female family members sing and then I sing one song alone to the duo. It's important to me to express myself this way, and in our family music is important. We all sing, play instruments and share songs we love and have a history with. When the older two kids were little we sang "Here Comes the Sun" and "Jumpin Jack Flash" and we all could sing Bruce Springsteen Songs and Heart and Joni Mitchell. We all enjoy opera, musicals and choruses and everyone has been in a chorus in school and/or beyond. So singing our happiness is tradition.
The intention will be to soar with joy in a way not as easily possible with prose. We will let our voices lift and caress this new couple beginning their lives with song to see them on their way.
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