Special Song

I was at the hospital visiting my mother yesterday, when the speech therapist came in to work with her. She said it was okay if I stayed in the room. She watched my mother eat her pureed food and talked with her in order to stimulate her speech. The therapist then said that they would sing a song. I guess that singing is good for not only speech but for cognitive memory. They sing songs that most people know. I told the therapist that my mother's favorite song is "Only You", by the Platters. She key worded it on her phone and put the phone on speaker so my mother could hear it and sing to it. As soon as my mother heard the first few notes, she began to smile with the broadest smile ever. When the song started, she sang with it in a loud voice, singing every word correctly and using every inflection of the tones of the song. The high notes were high and the long notes were long. Even the "oh, oh's" were mimicked. The therapist started to cry. She could not believe the reaction that my mother had to hearing a song that was meaningful to her. It was a beautiful moment.