Today I started a new adventure...piano
lessons! I have always wanted to learn
how to play the piano. We have a piano
at home and I always knew that I wanted to take lessons at some point in my
life so I could learn. My mom played the
piano and I have recorded cassette tapes of her and I sitting at the piano and
her playing and singing along with me.
The memory always stuck in my mind and was something I wanted to be able
to share with my own children. When I
got to be an adult I always felt like I had missed something because I never
played a musical instrument. I sang in
the choir and of course danced my whole life so music was all around me I just
didn't know how to read it or play it!
For Mother's Day Eric asked me what I wanted and I said piano
lessons. He was surprised and asked me again
to make sure he had heard me correctly.
Mrs. Thames knew a lady in our neighborhood (Mrs. Cook) that taught
piano and I got connected with her. I
called her and asked her if she would be willing to teach a 32 years old mom
piano and of course she said yes. She
told me that "you are never too old to learn something new" and that
she once taught a 70 year old man to play.
I want Annaliese to learn how to play the piano if she wants to and I
knew that I would have a difficult time helping her/encouraging her to practice
if I didn't know how to do it myself.
Now I will at least be able to read music so that I can help her or any
other children play any instrument that they choose. Mrs. Cook lives about 10 houses down from me
and will teach me while Annaliese takes her nap. I make sure that Annaliese is down for her
nap and her and Daddy nap together while I run down the street and have my 30
minute piano lesson. It works out
perfectly! I am soooo excited for my new
adventure. My hope is to be able to
create lasting family memories of sitting around the piano and enjoying music
together for years to come. I picture us
playing/singing nursery rhymes, hymns, Christmas songs, and classical together!
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