The Songbird
Last month I spent a week in Utah taking care of grandchildren. Being with Emily and Jimmy was great, but what I’m writing about was even better. Every morning, including the one when I woke up to a silent blanket of snow that made me feel as if I was in a Christmas card, a solitary songbird, greeted the day from a roof top at the end of the street. His song was heart-breakingly beautiful. It was flute-like, sung so clear and sweet into the morning I had to go outside and fin