Wednesday, November 07, 2007

The Joy of Music

Feeling a little down the other day I heard some music and walked toward it. I was pleasantly surpised with what I found. A family band was performing on the street and their presence and music instantly lifted my spirits. Ahhh the power of music....

The Beginning

Have you ever felt drawn somewhere you have never been or when you go to a particular place you feel like you have been there before?

This week I was in Europe and spent a few days in Brussels where I was born. I lived there for around two years as a baby and then my family relocated to Washington, DC. I have always been drawn to explore the country as some of my personal history rests there yet I have no memory of it. So this, my 4th visit to the country (counting my birth). I returned to the hospital where I was born. Walking the halls of the maternity ward gave me a surreal feeling and I relished the experience. If you have never visited the hospital you were born in you might want to give it a go…