“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise.

It is not that we seize them but that they seize us.”

– Ashley Montagu, British-American anthropologist and humanist

“Go tell it on the mountain – over the hills and everywhere.”

The clear, strong voice rose above the din of the school bus. I looked up from my Hardy Boys novel. Bob, the bus driver, peered into the large, rectangular mirror above his head. It was Janie – sweet, shy Janie who had suddenly and unexpectedly burst into song.

Within moments, Janie’s sister, Lynne joined her and by the chorus, three neighbouring sisters Florence, Margaret and Joanne had added their voices to the impromptu choir. Soon everyone on the bus was listening or singing along. The vocali...

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