19 - Alphabet Animals!

My guest David Bohl shares thoughts about his experience with being relinquished and adopted when he was a baby. He gives adults who have any connection to a child that has been adopted a thoughtful perspective which comes from his own life and also his work as a therapist. David also shares activities and experiences that have given him a sense of belonging throughout his life and how meaningful it is to be a new grandparent. He has published a memoir, Parallel Universes: The Story of Rebirth and co-written a book, Relinquishment and Addiction: What Trauma Has to Do With It along with Jamie Marich, PhD. Find out about these books and more at davidbbohl.com

Listen to the Animal Alphabet story and then meet my guest David who tells us all about sailing!

In this episode Santiago interviews me about a self-care calendar which I created when my kids were young. It helps me become more aware of the experiences which brought peace, joy, and happiness to my day and helps me think about how to create more of those experiences in days ahead. I've used this concept for over ten years, and it has made a big difference. I'm sharing it with you in case this idea might help you embrace what is uniquely special about this busy season of life.

My guest today is Byron Jackson, a dad of four and grandfather of eleven. He is also the Executive Director of Possibilities Inc., a non-profit organization based in Oklahoma City. They do many things to make our city better, but one of the big ones is helping individuals gain personal and interpersonal skills needed to work well with others. Basically they help people be the light they wish to see in the world. Possibilities, Inc. also created a community podcast platform named Breaking Ice, Building Bridges. You can find all the podcasts they sponsor, including The Ready Set Go Show, at buildingbridgesokc.org

The C Scale has seven notes, but when you play scales on the piano you add the next note and play a total of eight. With this podcast you will be able to play and sing the whole C-Scale song with lyrics and note names. If you missed the other Piano Fun podcasts, then go back and listen to them in order so that its easier to learn the song and the C Scale. The notes are building blocks to writing your own songs and learning how to play others! Have fun deciding what to learn next.

The B only gets played one time in the whole C Scale song. If you've been learning it over the last few days, then you know the song is getting pretty long at this point. Are you using the notes to make up your own songs? You can put them in any order you want. Have fun playing around with them!

Isn't it funny how the alphabet starts with the letter A but it comes after G in the C Scale? Listen to this podcast to learn the next part of the C Scale Song.

G is the fifth note in the C Scale. There are only three more notes to learn in the C Scale song! We'll add A in just a couple of days.

Are you ready to add the F Note to the C Scale Song? This one's easy since you only play F one time at this point in the song. Join me in a couple more days to add the note G.

Today we are adding the E note to the C Scale Song. The beginning of the song using C and D was pretty easy, but the part with E is a little longer and more challenging. See if you can listen and figure it out on your own or find someone who can help you sound it out. In the next podcast we'll add the F!