Pianist with her toes

Lorelai Mosnegutu playing on 'Romania got talent'

This past March, the TV show ‘Romania got talent’ featured a 14 year old girl, Lorelai Mosnegutu who was born without any hands or arms. On that show she played ‘A Million Stars’ on the piano, with her toes. When she finished, the whole audience, including the judges were standing and cheering Lorelai, and most of them, crying. When she was born, her mother abandoned her, and she was adopted. She could not speak until she turned 3, and started to walk when she turned 4.  Now she plays not only the piano and organ with her toes, but she also paints and types with her toes.

This touching story reminds me of the day when St John Paul II was visiting Los Angeles in 1987, and the young people there presented him with a gift. They introduced Tony Melendez, who was born in Nicaragua without hands or arms, and he played a song on his guitar, playing the strings with his toes. When he finished the Pope jumped up to embrace him, and Tony has become quite a celebrity every since, issuing various CDs of Christian music.