Last night I chatted on Facebook with a former piano student from our old neighborhood. His name is Andrew Walkington. Mike was also the Walkington's home teacher, so this family is special to us. As we were moving, they announced they were getting a divorce. We were so worried about their 4 boys.
Andrew started 'chatting' with me last night telling me about his recent performance at a church somewhere (not our former ward). He said it went really, really well and that people kept coming up to him and telling him how wonderful he is. He said, some guy named Kenneth Cope (an LDS artist that was really big in the 80's....or at least that's when I was first familiar with him), told him he had amazing talent!
So, Andrew had contacted me to tell me thank you so much for teaching him how to play the piano! He loves it and doesn't know how he would have gotten through those tough times during his parent's divorce, etc. without the piano. It's good therapy.
Hearing that is good therapy for me! It makes all the craziness and hours of trying to convince students to practice so they can really enjoy the piano all worth it! In this world of instant gratification and instant results, piano is still one of those things that takes time. But, once you put in the time, the reward is fantastic!
On a side note: Andrew also told me that he was just ordained an Elder and is turning in his mission papers in a couple of weeks! We love the kids in this ward. They all held a special place in our hearts as we thought of them as our own! There were a couple of years that we lived there before having our first baby. These piano kids....Beehives and Mike's Priests were our kids! It's so fun to see them as they are growing and making good choices!
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