I spent most of this morning singing at a fundraiser at Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland's wonderful open-air square downtown that is also known as Portland's Living Room. Pride of Portland got $3,000 from our local transit agency for our quartets to sing at the opening of the Green Line, the newest light-rail line that opened today.
It was festive, perfect weather, made even better by the fact that Drew brought Rachel and most people from chorus got to see her -- they always ask how she's doing when I go to rehearsal every week. Everyone admired how cute and tall (long?) she is. We went over to our fundraising table and noticed a picture of me holding Rachel during international competition in Hawaii. She looked so little! And unformed! Was she really ever that young?
I could see her practicing her latest trick: She stands up on her own for a couple of seconds, and then, instead of lurching forward and trying to walk, she plops back down. She does this several times a day. It's as if she's saying, "OK, mom and dad, I can stand up. Now I'm done impressing you for the day."
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