The Hills are alive.....

We all remember the classic movie ‘The Sound of Music,’ telling the story of the Von Trapp family singers. One of the songs which is used in this musical is ‘The Hills are alive...with the sound of music,’ recalling the scene when Maria teaches the children to sing to the disappointment or discouragement of their father. But music became an important part in the children’s lives. A dear friend of mine from Oregon just sent me this photo taken by a friend of hers, as she comes across a group of nuns at the Glacier National Park in Montana with a spectacular background of mountains and lakes. The nuns were from Spokane, Washington who were on retreat. Here they are playfully skipping rocks while a few others talk, as they prepare for their skipping trek. If Maria and the 7 children were in this scene, they would probably sing ‘The Hills are alive....’ and maybe for once, their father would have joined them too.