One Tune at a Time
It is 3:30 AM in the call room at the hospital in nashville. The day and the evening went quite busy and I am sitting down
feeling the need to unwine, instead of going to bed. When I feel so exhausted, nothing is more soothing than good music. So I decided to listen to some of my son's recent performances. Then I realized that I never finished editing and uploading something I intended to do last week. So, here is the Sunday morning playing from a few weeks ago when Erik was so honored to be invited to play for our friend's church.
I often hear friends ask, or comment, "You must be proud". What I feel as a mother is actually very complex. More often, I feel incredibly humbled by it all. It amazes me that someone blessed us with a sweet boy,,, I also always have this sense that it is not for me to hold onto just for me or for us, it is meant for giving back. I enjoy sharing the music he enjoys with others around us.
I hope he would know, how much, Just how much I personally draw encouragement and comfort from his pieces. When I am irritated, mentally exhausted from work, emotionally burdened or just too overwhelmed, I know where to go or which music to turn on. I look through the growing collection titled, "Erik, collection" on my iPod or Mac. It brings me back the images from the past days of him practicing, picking out the new notes, gradually polishing in bits and pieces and finally building it all together with all the trimmings. It is a beautiful experience when you can take it all in.
We appreciated our dear friends who invited Erik to play at their church a few weeks ago. I hope you would enjoy the tune and the words that are represented by these familiar and quite majestic tune!
feeling the need to unwine, instead of going to bed. When I feel so exhausted, nothing is more soothing than good music. So I decided to listen to some of my son's recent performances. Then I realized that I never finished editing and uploading something I intended to do last week. So, here is the Sunday morning playing from a few weeks ago when Erik was so honored to be invited to play for our friend's church.
I often hear friends ask, or comment, "You must be proud". What I feel as a mother is actually very complex. More often, I feel incredibly humbled by it all. It amazes me that someone blessed us with a sweet boy,,, I also always have this sense that it is not for me to hold onto just for me or for us, it is meant for giving back. I enjoy sharing the music he enjoys with others around us.
I hope he would know, how much, Just how much I personally draw encouragement and comfort from his pieces. When I am irritated, mentally exhausted from work, emotionally burdened or just too overwhelmed, I know where to go or which music to turn on. I look through the growing collection titled, "Erik, collection" on my iPod or Mac. It brings me back the images from the past days of him practicing, picking out the new notes, gradually polishing in bits and pieces and finally building it all together with all the trimmings. It is a beautiful experience when you can take it all in.
We appreciated our dear friends who invited Erik to play at their church a few weeks ago. I hope you would enjoy the tune and the words that are represented by these familiar and quite majestic tune!
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