6.19.2010

free music. free hugs.

Every Thursday night in the summertime our local park hosts a free concert; and this week was the kickoff. We ate a picnic dinner surrounded by friends, and listened to the fun, soulful, and jazzy Kat Williams (click here to check out her myspace page). What a treat to be able to hear family-friendly live music for free! So awesome.

At the end of the night Lili had made a new friend. A little girl around her age with bangs and long pigtails and a pink tee-shirt. All the kids were up front dancing and being silly, but it soon became clear that the two of them had formed a special bond. They were doing laps, chasing each other around a group of concert-goers, and then would stop and hug until they fell into a heap on top of each other. Then they would giggle like mad and start over...

How amazing to be young and so open to life that when you recognize a kindred spirit you can be hugging and knowing each other as "friend" before you even know their name.

2 comments:

liz said...

fun, fun, fun!
kids are awesome, aren't they? so generous and true.

and hey -- my hubby's band, dehlia low, will be playing there on another thursday, july the 8th -- you guys should check them out!

wildviolets said...

Looks like a lot of fun, we will have to go one week! Do you go every week? I would love to meet up there.