My Two Songbirds

This week's installment of "Thursdays at the Harris House" from Shannon is an audio clip. She and Emma (age 8) love to sing. This is a recording of the two of them singing "Thirty Days Has September."

Comments (18)

Beautiful, and what a valuable lesson, too. I'm 21, and I still struggle with the number of days in each month. I have to use the "knuckle" trick.

Posted by Tim Whitbeck | May 1, 2008 9:53 AM

Really good! I could hardly tell the difference between Emma and her mom.

Posted by Claudia Heitland (age 7) | May 1, 2008 11:21 AM

Wow! Emma is certainly going to make a CD in the future! ;)

Posted by Arnoud van Dillewijn | May 1, 2008 6:20 PM

Only Shannon could make that song sound so beautiful..... It sounds like your daughter is going to follow in Mommy's footsteps!

Posted by Nancy Griffith | May 1, 2008 10:14 PM

Woha Josh!...I mean, Shannon and Emma :) That's beautiful!!! God bless your voices.

Posted by Katherine | May 2, 2008 12:10 AM

Dear Emma, Guess what, honey? James and I were memorizing that same poem about the months and it's posted up on our wall! But we both agree that the song is much prettier! Thanks for working hard to sing so beautifully.

Grandmaman

Posted by Sono Harris | May 2, 2008 2:28 AM

That was so sweet! Makes me think of the "old days" when Shannon first came around. Now mamma and daughter sing together. Lovely.
Christina

Posted by Christina Norwood | May 2, 2008 2:00 PM

Very pretty! And informative. I played it at least eight times in order to memorize it. Haven't ever heard it before, but now it is firmly ensconced in my noggin.

Maybe in the distant future, Emma could become a professor and sing all her lectures. There would be many, many thankful students I am sure.

If you enjoy learning facts through song like that you may want to check out a CD and book called Lyrical Life Science. It is so much fun learning facts through fun musical renditions of familiar songs.

Thanks again.

Posted by Heather | May 2, 2008 2:56 PM

What a blessing for a husband/father to hear. I consider Ms. Shannon one of my Christian (female) role models.

Posted by Alethea | May 3, 2008 3:45 AM

It is so very beautiful! Both Emma and Shannon have excellent voices that touch the heart. Thanks for sharing this blessing with us, Josh. May your family continue to lift up musical praises for God's glory :)

Posted by Wenslyn | May 3, 2008 7:30 AM

That was very beautiful - I could listen to it over and over! Songs are a great way to memorize things. I still remember when I heard Shannon sing "Who Am I" during your True Love Tour back in the day. =)

Have a wonderful week!

Posted by Iris | May 4, 2008 11:44 AM

To be another echo (echo, echo)...that was beautiful! Not being able to sing well helps me to appreciate those who can!!
:)

Posted by Tai Sophia Polczynski | May 4, 2008 6:22 PM

So beautiful! I hope to hear another song soon!

Posted by Lydia | May 4, 2008 9:49 PM

hey josh, where is the audio clip?i want to hear it..thanks.. :)

Posted by pam | May 5, 2008 11:25 AM

Dear Josh,
Thank you for the blessing your family has been to ours. We went to your dad's conferences several times about 20 years ago, we've read all your books, used your parents planner, and our sons have been to a Rebolution Conference.

I wanted to quickly share with you the way my father taught me the verse that your wife and daughter so beautifully sang:

Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one.

Except my Uncle Harry,
And he rides a bicycle.

Thanks and may God bless you as you have us,
Kim for the Nisbetts

Posted by Kim Nisbett | May 13, 2008 11:40 PM

hey Joshau my name is Sindy from South Africa I was so blessed reading your book I Kissed dating goodbye, well all my friends were surprised as to why im giving up on dating but what they were failing to realise is that im now leaving the best of my single life, by apply God in all aspects of my life and this includes dating. Your book is what i call an eye-opener as a christain i feel when you were writing your book God had me in mind, well thank you joshua for listening to God when he told you to write this book. May god bless you and your family

Posted by sindy | May 20, 2008 8:16 AM

They have really pretty voices. I could see a mother/daughter cd in the furure.....I'm serious.

Posted by Vicki | May 31, 2008 6:33 PM

Does it ever feel weird having a daughter that is older than your brother? I had noticed in "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" how you said you were the oldest of 6. Then I started to hear that there were 7 kids in your family and I was really confused. Then I found out how old James was! Your family is really spread out in age (except for Alex and Brett of course!)!!
In Christ,
Olivia

Posted by Olivia | July 17, 2008 5:28 PM

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