DonnaMarie — aka Regina

A few nights ago I again watched “The Sound of Music.”  It was another one of our favorites.  This time I was overwhelmed with emotion several times through out the movie.  One song in particular really got to me, “Something Good.”  Regina often said this to me and I mirrored it back to her.  What did I ever do to deserve you?  I must have done something good.
Link to song.
Something Good Lyrics
by Maria and the Captain   from The Sound of Music Soundtrack

[Maria:]
Perhaps I had a wicked childhood
Perhaps I had a miserable youth
But somwhere in my wicked, miserable past
There must have been a moment of truth

For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

[Captain:]
For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should

[Maria:]
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

[Maria and the Captain:]
Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could

[Maria:]
So somewhere in my youth
[Captain:]
Or childhood
[Maria:]
I must have done something . . .
[Maria and the Captain:]
Something good

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One of the other songs in The Sound of Music that really speaks to me is “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” Especially, how do you hold a moon beam in your hand??? Always very gently. With Regina I learned to expect the unexpected in a delightful, expanding way. She was able to go beyond the ordinary and make life more than what was originally given. A real blessing and gift.

Here’s one simple example of her own awareness of who she was:  About a year after I met her, she sent me a picture of herself with this inscription on the back.  “from That Naughty Girl, Donnamarie.”  That was when she still used her convent name as her name.

She was not afraid to be “naughty,”  to live out on the edge, ask the challenging questions, push the limits, explore the edges of life.  Life was not a trivial matter for her, yet she lived a delightful life.  She was light-hearted.  Ready to laugh at self and life.  A moon beam.

Thank you, Spirit, for Regina.

Link to song: How do you Solve a Problem Like Maria.

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