It’s been a while, but I somehow managed to get a little time to myself to record some music the other day. This song is an original called, “Lap of an Angel”. I actually wrote it a while back, right after I found out I was pregnant with Yonah. It’s based on a passage in the Talmud that talks about when a child is in the womb. As they grow, an angel teaches them the entire Torah, and in turn the truth about the world. Right before the baby is born, the angel taps it right above the lips and they forget everything (hence the little groove between your nose and lips). The baby spends its life re-discovering the truth it already knows.

I find this story empowering because it reminds me that everything I need to know I already have somewhere inside; all I need to do is turn down the noise long enough to be able to hear it. It also lends me some humility as a parent, knowing that my kid(s) probably have a lot more to teach me than I have to teach them. Enjoy!