Francesca Cangialosi said: January 11, 2012 4:44 pm PST
I was Gretchen's first teacher when she came to me as a ten month old baby. I remember that she cried a lot during her first few weeks.
I didn't know then that she might have been in pain, but I was the only one who could calm her down. I took out a box, and let her crawl into it. I would get on the floor, and run my fingers through her beautiful blonde hair which would soothe her, and then I would hold her and sing to her.
After two or three weeks of doing this routine, when she would enter the room, she would go into her box or under the cribs, and when she was ready, would crawl out and play with the other children but would always crawl into my lap when we would gather to sing. Music calmed this baby's soul...she is still very precious to me. I will love her always.
And only wish I could hold her, run my fingers through her hair, and sing to her to ease her pain.
