Greetings followers. My good friend shared a brutally honest fact with me today. She said, "Tasia, you are slacking on your blog". haha. So true. I'll try my best to do better.
This past week was so stressful. When I get stressed I typically try to ignore it and I am usually successful. However, my mind ignores the stress but my body embraces it. I get an incessant twitch in my right eye. Then I get this weird swollen taste bud bump on the tip of my tongue. Not to mention, I just want to eat and sleep. I've managed to keep my eating healthy through the week, but what can you do about a twitchy eye and a bumpy tongue? I really think a few days at the beach would cure my problems.
Something extraordinary happened last week. In an earlier blog I may have mentioned a high school student, higher functioning, who zeroed in on me. He clearly did not like me and was constantly in a bad mood. I sincerely don't know what happened, but a couple of weeks ago he came in to the session in a great mood. (I'm thinking it was the Thriller dancing that made him happy because he loves to dance and is great at it). The next week I saw him in the hallway and he talked to me and wanted to know all about music class that day, "Are we having music today? What are we going to do? " etc, etc. His attitude towards me completely changed. It is amazing. Last week he came in to class in a bad mood, but I've learned how to tap in to his emotions and find what he needs. All he needs is for someone to be interested IN him. He needs someone to help and be patient with him. I plan on continuing polishing the student/therapist relationship. I can't wait to see how things turn out when this is all said and done.
Speaking of high school, my higher functioning class is currently writing their own personalized rap. After the words have been composed they are going to use Garageband to lay down a beat and rap! They will love it! This past week we finished most of the rap songs. Two of my students in particular wrote a couple of lines that I wanted to share. My creative student in the class wrote "I am me and I am you". The sweety in the class wrote, "I might be scared but I'm not afraid". These simple little lines, in my opinion, are so deep and meaningful. Then you have the kid who writes "I like to rap T.I.". haha. I can't wait for the students to finish this project.
Incredible things are happening during this internship. Looking back on myself when I started my undergrad in Music Therapy and looking at me now, I am quite proud of how much I've grown. This internship is preparing me for what I have wanted to do my entire life: to help others using music, my passion.
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