# @mariahbelgrod on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DD5YQusRP0f
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/25646712-mariahbelgrod-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0c609fa921.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-12-22T22:00:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** rye (@MariahBelgrod) — https://gondola.cc/MariahBelgrod

## Caption

Countdown to Ch-RYE-stmas • Day 2 🎄✨
Not your traditional Christmas carol, but one that carries the kind of magic only music can—bridging this world and the next 🕊️ 

This year, I lost my grandmother—a proud woman, a stubborn woman, a woman with stories for days and unwavering belief in me 🤍 As I planned my songs for this season, I heard her nudge me toward this one. It felt like her Christmas gift to me, as much as mine to her. Our first Christmas apart—her no longer earth-side, but somewhere over the rainbow 🌈
☀️ From 4 years old, performing in sun hats on your staircase, where my love for the stage was born
✨ To 8 years old, waking up early to print lyrics so I could serenade you before the school bus came
🎙️ To 16 years old, strumming my guitar and singing for you at your community picnics
🤍 To holding back tears as I sang you farewell on a soft summer day 

✨ You taught me to dream big, to follow my yellow brick road no matter how winding, and to believe that there’s always a way back home—whether it’s a hug, a song, or a memory 🎀

Merry Christmas, from your cupcake to you 🧁 
Forever singing under the same sky 🌈 

#somewhereovertherainbow #musicalcover #philadelphiamusicartist #musicalperformance #coversong #pianocover #wicked #wizardofoz

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wizardofoz, musicalperformance, somewhereovertherainbow, coversong, pianocover, musicalcover, philadelphiamusicartist, wicked

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