The Music Never Stopped Page #3

here for more than 30 years.

He missed two days of work

in all of that time.

His mother died

on one of those days,

and our son was born

on the other.

Yes, I stayed home

to take care of our family,

like your mother

probably did for you,

but I went to college,

and I have a degree.

I could have done anything.

I'm capable of doing something here.

Is this good?

I don't know.

Oheck the date.

You're wearing that to the hospital?

No. Actually,

I'm wearing this to work.

What work?

Mike Tappin gave me a job.

I'll be assisting in the accounting office.

You just took a job?

Without telling me?

Henry, we have a lot of bills,

and I'm perfectly capable of working.

What about Gabriel?

He needs you.

Luckily he has two parents.

He needs them both.

I gotta go.

Please bring Gabriel his sweater.

What, is he going out?

He gets cold sometimes.

He should have it.

Take your pills.

Oh, Mr. Sawyer.

Gabriel, your father's here.

Time for cheer.

What's the matter, Gabriel?

You lose something?

What's wrong with him?

Ah, he's fine.

He's just used to seeing his mother.

But he's happy to see you.

Aren't you, Gabriel?

Gabriel, I'm here

because Mom is working now.

He'll get used to it.

Gabriel, this can help you

remember the date.

And this...

that Dad comes every day at 10 A.M.

Understand?

Excuse me. Where's

the Social Sciences building?

It's just past there to your right.

Thank you.

Are you Dr. Daly?

I didn't mean to interrupt.

I'm here because I read

an article about your work.

Oh, you're the one who read it.

I was hoping to talk to you

about my son.

Thanks.

Do you know who

Vissarion Shebalin was?

Yeah, the Russian composer.

Yes.

Wow. You really know

your classical music, Mr. Sawyer.

Well, you just heard pretty much

everything I know about him.

Oh. Well, I only know him

because he suffered

two strokes in the fifties

that left him unable to speak

or understand the meaning of words,

but he was still able to teach

and compose music.

It's already well documented

that music elicits measurable

responses in the brain's activities,

so the Marseillaise may well

have had some effect on your son,

and if that's so, we may be able

to use music as a tool to...

to help him function better,

to reawaken parts of his memory

that may have been damaged.

Now, I don't want

to offer false hope.

It's better than what we have now.

Hi.

I'm Dianne Daly.

What's your name?

- Gabriel.

- Gabriel.

That's a...

that's a nice name.

I'm a nice guy.

I bet you are.

It's good to meet you.

Gabriel, I'm... I'm here

because I'm a...

I'm a music therapist.

Why don't you come sit down?

Do you like music?

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