From the first of the semester, Kathy told her Angel students they had the most important message, the most important song, although it was the hardest to learn. One little girl, Cecilia, fussed in our class every week, "I hate this song! It's soooo sad!" Kathy would laugh loud ('cause she always laughed loud) and say without fail, "But we have to sing the sad part to get to the happy part. And it's a really, really happy part."
This is the last portion of the song.
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back
They buried my body, they thought I was gone
But I am the dance, and the dance goes on
Dance, dance, wherever you may be
I am the lord of the dance, said he
And I lead you all, wherever you may be
And I lead you all in the dance, said he
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that will never, never die
I'll live in you if you'll live in me
I am the Lord of the dance, said he
Dance, dance, wherever you may be
I am the lord of the dance, said he
And I lead you all, wherever you may be
And I lead you all in the dance, said he
Now my two-year-old still sings this song, practicing tiny dance steps. She loves Kathy, who treated her like a grown-up student and discussed the importance of sparkly shoes. "Mama", my baby says, "I WUV Miss Kaffey!"
I love hearing her. It does something good to my soul to remember that although Kathy did not know what was coming, her Lord did. At the concert, the students didn't perform this song because it was simply too complicated for our sweet director who only got to look at the music the day of performance. I'm so thankful for her willingness to serve. Backstage, a few kids fussed a little. They hadn't forgotten that this was the MOST important song. In the end, though, it was fine that they did not sing it on stage because I think it was mostly words to be written on their hearts. Kathy made sure that happened. God worked through her life to prepare my children for what was coming, so that we could all remember this is just the sad part. It's really, really sad, so sad that sometimes it hurts to breathe.
Next is the happy part. Kathy ran ahead, and I'm assuming she was laughing loud with joy or blasting some glorious "Amens", as she went. One of these days, we will join her chorus, leap and dance, too, and never, ever die. We'll get to the happy part.
That's something to anticipate.
I love hearing her. It does something good to my soul to remember that although Kathy did not know what was coming, her Lord did. At the concert, the students didn't perform this song because it was simply too complicated for our sweet director who only got to look at the music the day of performance. I'm so thankful for her willingness to serve. Backstage, a few kids fussed a little. They hadn't forgotten that this was the MOST important song. In the end, though, it was fine that they did not sing it on stage because I think it was mostly words to be written on their hearts. Kathy made sure that happened. God worked through her life to prepare my children for what was coming, so that we could all remember this is just the sad part. It's really, really sad, so sad that sometimes it hurts to breathe.
Next is the happy part. Kathy ran ahead, and I'm assuming she was laughing loud with joy or blasting some glorious "Amens", as she went. One of these days, we will join her chorus, leap and dance, too, and never, ever die. We'll get to the happy part.
That's something to anticipate.
