Shining In My Hair

One day early in the month of September, 2005, I was doing cartwheels and handstands as usual when I started thinking about how great my life had been.

And as I often would, started singing a song to go with what I was feeling and thinking about when I became aware of the song I was creating almost without realizing it.

I was looking up at the sky and thought of lyrics such as 'birds that fly' and 'high in the sky.' But the most important line I came up with was what became the title, 'Shining In My Hair;' which I meant to suggest that I was different from others; something everyone noticed but can't put their finger on.

While walking back to class with the sun shining on me, I realized that I might forget this by the time I got home so I used 'dots' that go up and down to help me remember. A trained musician would not be able to do this--but I could.

Innocent and child-like, who would know that nine months later it would be a record...I did!