Playing Church by Mia Lowry

Mom just told me this story today....

When Rodrigo, Ismael and Steve were little boys and her only boys, they would play church service. They would tell Steve he needed to sing a special song, but he refused saying he wanted to play the trumpet instead. Rodrigo would get mad and Mom would ask why couldn't he just play the trumpet and if some other hermano could sing. He would reply, "There are no other hermanos to sing. He has to sing."

Steve would be called to go up and sing, but when he would go up to their makeshift church, he would put his little hands into a cup and play the trumpet. Mom told me this story because she and I were talking about the children singing. She said that when Ish and Abel were little they use to sing all day, but they changed as they grew up. However, Steve never let go of his desire to play the trumpet.