Dumisani loves to play the piano. He climbs up on the bench by himself and plays usually one note at a time. Occasionally, he plays with both hands - and usually sounds something like John Cage or another composer from the end of the 20th century, except with a little more melody. His favorite thing to do at the piano, however, is to play a note and look at me to see if I will sing the note he plays. I often play with him, and he loves to see if Daddy can sing a low note and then a high one. He hasn't learned to distinguish octaves yet so this game is a little easier than it seems until he gets into the last two and a half octaves of the piano - then he can tell when he's being had. At that point, though, he likes to play three short notes going up to the top of the keyboard. I usually scream out three notes at the top of my falsetto - kind of sounds like Elmo. He laughs and starts the game over again.
This morning, however, he played a couple of notes and stopped suddenly. On the kitchen radio (which I couldn't hear very well from the piano) he heard a familiar chord and the higher overtones of the guitar introduction for "Revelation Song." Dumisani ran from the piano and stood in front of the radio, transfixed. He asked, in his way, for the radio to be turned up. After it was at a sufficient volume I figured he would go back to the living room and play with blocks or climb back up on the piano bench. Instead, he stayed standing in front of the radio until the song was finished. He just stood there and listened.
One of the songs playing on the radio before "Revelation Song" was a Sonic Flood tune whose title I don't remember but some of the lyrics were "I will worship as I wait for You." I thought of those words as I watched my son standing in front of the radio.
Enjoying Saturday mornings at home seems like a rare privilege these days, and I'm thankful I got to enjoy this morning.
I was appalled as I signed into my blog to discover that my last post was in July! I'm not so vain to think that many people (or any people) read my blog, but still... let's see if I can do a little better this year. :)
