Bring a Torch, Dee Dee

A couple Christmases ago I burned a CD I labeled "Mannheim Nighttime." It's a collection of 20 or so quiet Christmas songs that make great lullabies. I played it in Dee Dee's room at night the weeks leading up to Christmas.

This last Christmas was a blur. So I thought, why not play that CD some more, now that the music can breathe outside the frenetic holiday? And so I have been, and Dee Dee has come to expect it. I often restart it in the middle of the night if she wakes up.

One of the tracks on the CD is called "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella." As I understand, it didn't start out as a Christmas carol, but has become one over the years.

The other night, I was checking on Dee Dee before I went to bed myself, and that song was playing. I stood there in the doorway and just watched her sleep by night light for the two and a half minutes that song played.

That inspired me to do this this little collage.

Good night sweet princess....

Started: 2013-02-17

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