Seventeen months after our first child mdash a boy mdash was born along came a little girl I was overjoyed at the thought of having a daughter but I was also a bit uneasy because while I knew a few things about little boys this was uncharted territory We named her Sarah and one of my privileges was rocking her to sleep so my wife could rest I rsquo m not sure why but I started trying to sing her to sleep and the song of choice was ldquo You Are My Sunshine rdquo Whether holding her in my arms [... more]

A young father held his baby boy in his arms singing to him and rocking him in soothing rhythm Music played in the background while the father sang out the lyrics to his son The baby was hearing-impaired unable to hear the melody or the words Yet the father sang anyway in a beautiful tender act of love toward his son And his efforts were rewarded with a delightful smile from the baby boy nbsp The imagery of the father-son exchange bears a striking resemblance to the words of Zephaniah The Old Testament prophet says that God will joyfully sing [... more]