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Cookie Wonderland

12/7/2015

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Welcome back to Taylor Talks!

Alright, so I decorated the gingerbread men, put together the finishing touches on the sugar cookies, and most of the cookies are packaged and ready to go!
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I feel like everything started coming together today, which is awesome because I have to ship some cookies and that needs to be done this week. Let's just hope that my mom doesn't freak when we find out the cost of shipping... sorry, Mom! The good news is that I'm getting my first paycheck soon, so I'll be able to pitch in more financially around here. I'm sure my dad will be really pleased about that as well!

​Speaking of my new job, I'm so excited to go back tomorrow because I'm getting fitted for my costume! I can't wait to put it on and really truly feel like a Disney Cast Member! I mean, I'm still in shock that I'm actually working for the Mouse, but this is just going to put me over the moon once I'm able to look at myself in the mirror and see that I look like a Cast Member. I have four more days that I know I'm training, and then I can't wait to see what happens after that. I just want to be in the Park already, being able to interact with Guests and make that Disney magic that I've always loved so much.

Until then, I decided to make some of my own musical magic at home. I love figuring out harmonies to songs on the radio, and my mom (who used to be an actual singer at special events and stuff with my aunt), is great at doing that as well. When I was younger, I remember my mom teaching me the harmony for the song "Winter Wonderland," and I practiced it over and over again as we drove around in the car. When we went to visit my great-grandmother for the holidays, my siblings sang the melody and I sang the harmony. Not only was it special for us to sing for my great-grandmother, but it really made the day of all of her friends in the nursing home as well. Out of all of the performances that I've ever done in my lifetime, that was the one for which I can most clearly remember the audience reaction. Nowadays, I love singing at the tops of my lungs whenever the song comes on the Christmas station in the car. Sometimes though, the songs on the radio have different renditions playing that I can't follow along with because of the different rifts and different spins on the song. So when I was home alone the other day, I decided to try singing the song by myself and record the melody and harmony in my own way. I recorded the melody, and then sang the harmony along with the playback and recorded that as well. It took a few tries to get it captured perfectly (and not going to lie, I recorded in the bathroom for the amazing acoustics!!), but I finally had a recording that I was really proud of. I completely forgot to play it for my mom until tonight, but I finally let her listen a little earlier. She told me that she had never heard my New York accent so strongly before (who knew?) and that it was really good. She wanted me to immediately put it up on Facebook and of course she told me to post it here as well. There's no video image, just audio, but I hope you'll enjoy my rendition of "Winter Wonderland" by clicking on the video below.

Please let me know what you thought of the song by leaving a comment on my YouTube channel or by commenting below! I hope you liked it!

Thank you so much for your continued support! I look forward to sharing more stories about my experience with foster care, and hopefully hearing from readers who have questions or similar stories to share. I'm always willing to answer questions and hear about other experiences! Please don't forget to like and share my Facebook author page as well!

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Thanks!
Taylor
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Helice
12/8/2015 10:46:43 am

WOW!! It sounds GREAT!! Is Mom singing, too?

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Taylor Faith Krigsman link
12/8/2015 04:48:56 pm

Thank you so much!! Nope, it's just me. I sang along with the recording to do the harmony.

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Pam
12/8/2015 09:20:26 pm

Taylor!!

How beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing. You have such a beautiful voice.

Blessings to you dear.

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Taylor Faith Krigsman link
12/8/2015 10:39:11 pm

Aww, thank you!! I appreciate the kind words!

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    My family started doing foster care when I was three years old. We took in nineteen children over the course of eighteen years, with our last placement leaving in December 2014. I'm the only biological child in my family, though my parents adopted five of my siblings.

    I love to share my perspective on the foster care system and share how my unique upbringing shaped my life.

    I'm also a Cast Member at Walt Disney World and lover of all things Disney! My career allows me the opportunity to find a little bit of Magic in life every day.


    I enjoy sharing my journey as a writer as well. Find my children's books on Amazon and keep following my blog for updates on future books that I'll be releasing!

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