I've always liked the word serendipity; it's a fun word, sorta like zippity-do-dah. When you are thrilled by the unexpected, when you discover or observe something by "chance" that is exceedingly special - that's serendipity!
I was thinking about dates today and about a plaque I'd seen in a catalog that read: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." (The same catalog had another that said, "Sometimes I wonder, why is that Frisbee getting bigger? . . . and then it hits me", but that one didn't have the same effect somehow.) I like the fact that my:
- 1st CI surgery = Sept. 19 - the day before my mom's 74th birthday
- 2nd CI surgery= Feb. 19
- 2nd activation = Mar. 17 - the day before my brother's 57th birthday
It had not occurred to me before my activation day that I w
ould be "turned on" on the Monday before Easter and that this would mean that I would be engulfed in the robust choral music of Holy Week right out of the gate. Easter is so early this year, and because of leap year, it's one day shy of being as early as it could possibly be in a three-century period, Gerry says. (I'm married to a math tinkerer)
Tonight the choir did a marvelous arrangement of the spiritual, "Were You There . . ." and I could hear even the softest ooo's and mmm's. I never dreamed that my new Harmony processor and my trusted Clarion CI working together would give me this kind of music experience on Day #5!! This Easter is indeed about resurrection, even the resurrection of my dead ear.
Ah . . . serendipity!
2 comments:
The music has to sound just gorgeous! I'm so happy that you're getting to hear all the sounds of the season!
I was turned on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Talk about thankful! :)
Reading your blog just gave me chills! I am so happy for you :)
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