I have a cold. BOO for that! The worst thing about having a cold when you are a singer is...having a cold. There is nothing good about the whole situation. If your throat hurts, you can't sing properly, if your sinuses are blocked,you sound like you are singing through your nose and you can't breathe...so when you aren't supposed to take a breath during a phrase, you do and when you want to, it probably doesn't happen right when it should. The whole thing is just plain awful. I slept 10 hours last night and it was GREAT! I went to my 'house' (aka my sardine can) and crashed! This morning we had rehearsal and I took it really easy...but the best part of it was that my Barry White voice was in full effect! It was awesome. If I had to find one 'fun' or 'cool' thing about being sick, it is my Barry White voice! It is wicked low on some things. Think of BW singing Can't Get Enough of Your Love Baby....and imagine it coming from my little voice box! It's must see/hear! I've had a little fever and have been sweating like crazy...eww...I need to shower! Today I got a little nap after lunch and woke up feeling pretty dang groggy! I then went to do my 2 small loads of laundry and that took 2 1/2 hours! SHEESH! But it's done now...so that's great.

Aaron and I just got back from playing at the HOTEL again. Today it was at max capacity so that meant max participation...the clapping and singing...There was a 12 y/o boy in there, Mich, and he was awesome! He spoke perfect English and was all about the dancing, clapping and tambourine playing! He definitely was the center of attention! Thanks Mich for making our fun time even better! God's blessings to you during your surgery tomorrow!

Yesterday Aaron and I got our first chance to go into Haiti. We arrived in Killick, Haiti around 10 am and got our gear ready. Over the next 5 hours we played for many of the patients that were either: waiting to get processed through the main line, waiting to see the optometrist, dentist, x-ray techs, or getting lab work done. I even recognized some of the patients who received surgery on the ship; the out-processing section was also in Killick. There were so many folks that had been waiting in the heat...that my discomfort from the heat almost seemed non-existent. While Aaron and I took a break to eat our lunch, we sat under one of the tents that faced out to where people were waiting in a line that seemed to go on forever. Children on the other side of the gate had their faces planted in between the slats of the gate...just staring. I wondered what they were thinking...Were they hungry, thirsty?...I wanted so bad to go over and give my MRE and water to them but that may have started a fight. So I just sat there. Dumbfounded. Wanting to help but not knowing what to do or how I could do anything for the ones who weren't inside the gate yet. Quickly after eating, Aaron and I regrouped and headed out again to the clinics...to do what we do best...make music. The smiles on the faces of the people were priceless! The faces of the children were some of the sweetest I've ever seen. There was one woman in particular who had the brightest, sweetest smile ever! And she was shuk-in' and jivin' throughout our whole set. I remember how her shoulders swayed from side to side, like she had not a care in the world. But she was there to get medical attention; probably for something that had been bothering her for a long time. So I am grateful that for a little while, even if only for 10 or 20 minutes, we have made people forget about their ailments...we have made them feel a bit normal...we have made them feel that everything would be alright.

Music is so powerful...Barriers are broken...Love is shared...Hope is restored...
I am so thankful for my gift....

Thanks for stopping by....
Keisha