LET IT GO

There is an amazing phenomenon sweeping our nation – little girls are obsessed with the Disney animated movie “FROZEN”. Even though the movie was released a year ago, it is still going strong. Stores are overloaded with "FROZEN" merchandise. The Academy Award winning song “Let It Go” sung by Idina Menzel has little girls breaking into song at the drop of a hat.

The movie & the song are such powerful messages for young girls (& women of all ages). You are strong, you are capable & you are amazing just as you are. After trying to be the perfect girl hiding her powers of freezing things for years Elsa is finally letting it go & being herself. “It’s time to see what I can do. To test the limits & break through.” What an inspiration for girls everywhere. Even if you don’t have children, I highly recommend watching the movie.

My granddaughter, Charley, is one of "FROZEN'S" biggest fans. I’ve watched the DVD with her three times so far – she knows many of the lines & sings along with all of the songs. She just turned three years old & she literally knows all of the words to “Let It Go”. And it is not an easy song to learn. I downloaded it & listened to it at least 20 times on the ride into my dad’s a few months ago in order to learn the lyrics.

Charley will suddenly start singing out of the blue –

“The snow glows white on the mountain tonight.

Not a footprint to be seen.

A kingdom of isolation.

And it looks like I’m the queen.”

She’ll walk around the house & really get animated as she stomps her foot, spreads her arms wide & sings at the top of her lungs –

“Here I stand in the light of day.

Let the storm RAGE....O-N-N-N-N-N!

The cold never bothered me anyway.”

My Charley is not alone. The other day in the grocery store, I suddenly became aware of a little voice singing, “Let it go, let it go. Can’t hold it back anymore.” I looked around & there she was, about 4-5 years old sitting in the shopping cart just singing away while her daddy picked out tomatoes! There is a precious video making the rounds on social media of a dark-haired little girl in her car seat singing the entire song with her daddy joining in.

Last night I picked up Charley & her parents at the airport after spending Thanksgiving in New Mexico with Allison’s family. Charley requested “Let It Go” on the car CD player. She & I sang along with it in the back while the “adults” chatted in the front seat. Here’s a little secret for you – I can’t sing worth a damn & THE ONLY place I will even attempt to sing is with my little sweetie.

My son, Darrin, is a pilot & he loves flying. Nothing fazes him in the air & I think in his opinion the bumpier the ride, the better. He related the story that there was a lot of turbulence on the flight so the pilots had the flight attendants take their seats, too.

Charley was listening to “Let It Go” on the iPad with her little pink headphones on just belting out the song as the plane bounced all around the sky! She wasn’t the least bit scared & hit all the notes with gusto! Darrin said they received several comments (I’m pretty sure they were all positive) from other passengers once they were all safely on the ground. Darrin said, “I just thought, that’s my girl!” There’s something special about little girls, daddies & “Let It Go”.