Yesterday was Boo's graduation from preschool. I made her a CD from iTunes of the single Beautiful Flower for her grad present. That was the song that was on Oprah last week. It was written for Oprah's girl's school in Africa.
We then left on a nine-hour drive to grandma's house. She kept asking to hear HER song. The lyrics tell her that she is "more beautiful than a flower, more valuable than a diamond... when the radio tells you to shake your money maker, shake your head and say you're a leader ... you can heal the world with your mind ... you are brilliant" I had to explain what brilliant was.
At one point, listening to the song, I heard her say to her brother, "I am a leader." After JJ had a great time changing the words, so that every time India Arie sang, "girl", he said, "boy," we passed some flowers off the highway. JJ said to Boo, "That's you, you're beautiful."
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