Did you ever wonder whether driving your child to all those after school activities is really worthwhile? I have to admit there were times when I questioned the sanity of sitting in the car entertaining the baby while my older children took their weekly piano lessons.
Those Wednesday lessons took place from 5:00 to 6:30 PM every week. Dinner and homework were always rushed on that night, and we were all a bit frazzled by bedtime. Other evenings and weekends were filled with swimming practice, chorus practice, judo, soccer and horseback riding lessons. With four children there was rarely a free evening.
Piano night looked like the perfect evening right in the middle of the week for mom to take a break. Then one of the children would call me in to listen to a newly mastered song, or they would amaze me with the perfection of a surprise duet at a recital. Piano night remained a part of our lives for several years.
My son recently shared this song with me, thanked me for the musical gene and for those years of lessons. He said it is a gift he enjoys daily. He wrote the music and the lyrics, is playing the guitar and singing the song. Were those lessons worth it? Oh yeah, and then some.
Those Wednesday lessons took place from 5:00 to 6:30 PM every week. Dinner and homework were always rushed on that night, and we were all a bit frazzled by bedtime. Other evenings and weekends were filled with swimming practice, chorus practice, judo, soccer and horseback riding lessons. With four children there was rarely a free evening.
Piano night looked like the perfect evening right in the middle of the week for mom to take a break. Then one of the children would call me in to listen to a newly mastered song, or they would amaze me with the perfection of a surprise duet at a recital. Piano night remained a part of our lives for several years.
My son recently shared this song with me, thanked me for the musical gene and for those years of lessons. He said it is a gift he enjoys daily. He wrote the music and the lyrics, is playing the guitar and singing the song. Were those lessons worth it? Oh yeah, and then some.
Paying it forward can bring the most unexpected returns.
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