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Music to my ears...

Samantha is taking piano lessons and words can't even begin to express how much this means to me!

Now some parents might invest in earplugs during practice time, some would rather lock themselves in a padded room far away from the piano and some might even go so far as getting a keyboard w/ a good set of headphones so only the one playing the instrument actually hears the sound. BUT NOT ME! I will literally make everyone in the house stop what they are doing just to sit around the piano to listen as Sam so gracefully dances her fingers across those keys.

It is music to my ears!

I have always wanted to be good at playing an instrument; I went so far as to beg my mom to let me take up violin. But really, who was I kidding. Reading music notes was (and is) like looking as some crazy foreign language - my brain just couldn't wrap itself around the concept. Now I know we are only into the 3rd piano lesson, but she is so good and loves to play and by golly I'm making that girl stick with it. In my entire life I have never met an adult who knows how to play the piano (or any instrument for that matter) that really regretted knowing that skill and I sure don't know of anyone who thought their life would have been better off not being able to play an instument. So yes, I will be that Mom, that drill sergeant Mom who sees the bigger picture and will absolutely push (and lovingly encourage) her to keep going for as long as possible.

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