On Saturday we went to Boston to see Amiina in concert at the MFA-Boston. It was so amazing, beautiful, spiritual, enlightening and inspiring. The music of Amiina is so ethereal and innocently beautiful. Beautiful, just like our little Birdie.
For Birdie's wake we had made a cd of music to have playing in the background, there were many Amiina songs that were on the cd. So, now any music written and played by Amiina is like the soundtrack of Birdie's short time with us. I found out about Amiina by chance when I was around 5 or 6 months pregnant with Birdie, I was immediately struck by the beauty of their music, so quiet, so moving...it was perfect to play for Birdie in my womb. I purchased their LP and I would play it for Birdie all the time. I think she was probably sleeping in my belly when I would play Amiina's music for her, because she was always quiet when I did play it...I hope she was dreaming the loveliest of dreams. So, for Birdie's one month we honored her by taking a little bit of her with us to see Amiina in concert(I have a beautiful charm with some of her ashes within it-it hangs on my neck, close to my heart), and her froggy(which I held the whole time), and a small photo album of her to the concert. It was a very lovely time, it was hard not to be moved to tears...all we could think of the whole time was Birdie. If Birdie were music, this is the music she would be...no, she is this music...every note, every passage and every crescendo is Birdie.
Here are some photos of our mantle that has Birdies urn, photos and candles for her, it is in a prime location in our apartment so we walk by and stop and visit with her many times a day. Then at night she gets put to sleep in her co-sleeper in our room. It is where she would have slept every night...right next to our bed, though probably in between us in our bed too. I hope that you will take a moment to go to the
On Saturday we went to Boston to see Amiina website to take a listen to their music...you will then hear how beautiful their music is for yourself and know why it is so important to us as a reminder of our little baby girl Birdie.
