Born in a Stable

As my son is about to be married, it makes me think about when I was carrying him.  It was the first time I had decided to write music for anything.  Someone at church convinced me that I could write a cantata for our choir for Christmas.  I was surprised at the suggestion, but thought it no crime to at least attempt it.  I sat down one night, with a pencil and paper and wrote the words to all of the songs.  The next day I sat to the piano and what came out astonished me.  The words I had written seemed to already have music to them.  I began to play the words and the music was there.  The finished cantata was a huge success and brought me much joy.  From that cantata I have published Born in a Stable .It is available for anyone to copy, play and sing.  This beautiful, first song has been a pleasure to sing these twenty-some years now.  I wish that everyone could have a copy of it.  When my son was born, a few days before Christmas, I felt again the beauty of the season through being a mother.  "Born in a Stable", celebrates the Motherhood of Mary and the beauty of the simple birth of Christ.  Along with my son, it is the best Christmas gift I have ever received.