Perfect Moment Monday: Music to My Ears

My Perfect Moment for this week …

As a child taking piano lessons I enjoyed the social element it brought each week. My first piano teacher lived on a farm where she had goats, chickens, dogs and, well, just about anything else a person who wanted to be living off the land would have. My sister and I took lessons back to back: 30 minutes each for an hour a week. We also had two other sets of friends (two sisters and a brother/sister combo) that took lessons from the same teacher. Each week she would hold a group music therapy session where the six of us would work through work books of music reading/writing exercises. These normally would happen between our family hour-long lessons. The benefit? There was always someone to play with around the farm while you waited for your lesson.

My sister and I continued to taking lessons for approximately eight years, and soon high school activities and an active social life seemed to overtake the priority the piano played for me. Approximately seven years ago I set the intention to buy myself a piano. It didn’t have to be expensive or in perfect condition. It just needed to be in-tune. When I became pregnant with my son I soon found myself playing more and more for the sheer pleasure of it. When he was born, I again found myself sitting him on my lap and playing while he banged whatever keys he felt drawn to play. Minuet in G by Bach has and will never sound so beautiful!

I was fortunate to have my father refinish it last fall, and my 94-year-old piano has been given a new lease on life. Which is great, since it wasn’t long before Caden was laying his hands on mine while I played. And now he is enjoying the ability to sit at the piano and make his own music. My perfect moment came Sunday when Caden asked my husband to help him get up on the piano stool to play. The attached video is his first piano concert. Enjoy!

Until next time, embrace your inner wisdom.

Namaste
Karen

Each week I hold the intention to participate in Perfect Moment Monday, sponsored by Weebles Wobblog. According to Weebles, "Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one.".