harp therapyContinuing to share several unique harp-in-the-hospital stories …

This female patient was very alert, communicative and engaged. I played familiar music for her (Edelweiss, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Brahm’s Lullaby, Pachelbel’s Canon, Ode to Joy, All Through the Night, etc.). I finished our time together by playing a less recognizable song called Hear Thy Children, Gentlest Mother (on the “Dreaming” CD). I mentioned the song name and that song really seemed to resonate with her. The patient said, “I have seven children and they had been telling me something was wrong with my lungs and I needed to see a doctor. Now here I am … and I’m amazed that you chose that song for me with a perfect title. I’d never heard it before, but it was exactly what I needed on my journey at this moment.”

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