For those of you that were waiting on the pics from my NOLA trip on facebook, I'm sorry I haven't posted them yet. I will today. In light of the tragedy in Connecticut, I felt that it was highly inappropriate to post those pics. This tragedy has left many of us with so many unanswered questions that will never be answered. I'm sad for the children, their parents, relatives, and anyone involved in a senseless tragedy.
I'm sorry to just name a few victims, but you have Emilie Parker with her beautiful blue eyes who was bright and creative. Jessica Rekos who loved riding horses, horse books, drawing horses and writing stories about horses. Noah Pozner, who probably could have grown up to be a movie star, had a twin sister.
And a beautiful little girl named Ana-Marquez Greene was the daughter of Jazz Saxophonist, Jimmy Greene. Mr. Greene described his babygirl as "a joyful little girl who loved to sing, dance and leave sweet notes under her parents' pillows." (NBC News) Ana was a born performer, just like her dad. She was from a musical family. She had a gift for melody, pitch and rhythm and she stood out remarkably. And she never walked anywhere - her mode of transportation was dance. She danced from room to room and place to place, her family said. She danced to all the music she heard, whether in air or in her head.
Reminds me of me when I was that age.
Her father, described as one of the wide-ranging and influential musical offspring of saxophonist Jackie McLean by music reporter Larry Blumenfeld, Greene composed an ode to Ana on his 2009 album "Mission Statement."
The track titled "Ana Grace" offers a glimpse of a father's adoration for his little girl.
You can listen to "Ana Grace" here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mVkVYJUsuDM
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