Aiden fell in love with Sarah McLachlan some months ago when our Big Man played the “I Will Remember You” video for him on his iMac. Aiden was mesmerized. I cry when we watch it together, so I try to remain in the background of the room and let Aiden and Daddy dreamily watch the beautiful Sarah without my tearful accompaniment. I am so uncontrollably sentimental. That video has become a favorite for Aiden, and one that always takes his own tears away.
Santa heard about Aiden’s love of Sarah, and so he brought him a DVD collection of her videos. Aiden and I both love it! Santa also brought a new Christmas CD of Sarah’s called “Wintersong”. I’m so glad Aiden has turned me on to Sarah McLachlan. I never had anything of hers before and had only heard some of the very much played radio hits. She truly is awesome! Aiden has great taste!
Sarah sings Joni Mitchell’s “River” on the “Wintersong” CD, and with a voice deep from the heart she delicately paints this song so beautifully and no less soulfully than she does any of her own writings. This afternoon we chose this CD to dance to… it was that kind of afternoon… slow, peaceful, gentle. During “River” Sarah sings “I wish I had a river that I could skate away on.” While I listened, and we danced, I realized I have my River… my beautiful Aiden River, and it is on his love that I will skate with ease into our future, and it is from him that my feet will learn to fly.
You can watch the video for “River” on Yahoo!
-kara
