Since Shaggy Hair Boy has classes during the day and does
his schoolwork in the evening, it’s often fairly late at night when he sits
down at the piano. Most nights, I fall asleep to the sound of jazz music reverberating
up the stairwell. Since my father and his friends used to jam together when I
was a kid, I learned long ago to sleep in the midst of music.
The other night, my husband woke me. “Listen,” he said. “How
can you possibly sleep through that?”
I sat up in bed. It did sound like a wild party going on
below. But when I listened closely, it was really just two voices, Shaggy Hair
Boy and With-a-Why. They’d found a book of Disney music and decided to do some
recording. When I walked downstairs to get a glass of water, they were both at
the piano. Shaggy Hair Boy’s hands were moving fast and he was laughing while
he played. With-a-Why was standing
at his side, his uncombed hair hanging in his face, singing into the microphone.
“They’re having fun,” I said to my husband as I got back into bed. “They’re bonding.”
“They’re having fun,” I said to my husband as I got back into bed. “They’re bonding.”
I fell back to sleep right away — I can sleep through
anything — but the next time I woke up, I noticed that my husband was gone.
He’s a light sleeper compared to me. The raucous singing and laughter was still
coming up the stairwell. I could make out the words from the Jungle Book: “The
bare necessities of life!”
This time, I recognized my husband’s voice.
I looked at the clock. It was 3 am. I came down the stairs to
sit on the couch and watch the performance. Shaggy Hair Boy’s hands were still
moving like crazy, half following the music and half improvising. My husband and
With-a-Why both leaned to sing into the microphone, making up words whenever
they didn’t know them.
Family bonding in the middle of the night.
4 comments:
Oh, I wish I was there! I'd love to have a 3am sing-along. Sounds like a great night.
Perfect--almost like a Disney movie!
Hey! It's "The Bear Necessities" isn't it? ;)
Oh you guys are just too good to be true, SERIOUSLY!!! :D
Your family is amazing -- and sometimes your story make me sad for being so far away from mine.
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