Last night, before L went to bed, I'd put in a Nina Simone CD, figuring it was calming enough to play in the evening.
Little did I know.
A few minutes later, while trying to put the Girl to sleep, I began the CD again. She wasn't crying, but she wasn't settling down. I rocked her, walked her, bounced her gently, talked to her -- all the tricks, but she was just not completely calming down.
When track six -- "I loves you, Porgy" -- began, instant calm. So I did the logical thing: hit repeat and put the Girl to sleep by playing one of the loveliest songs ever...about fifteen times.
As an aside, here's a very sweet claymation video set to a Simone song: