Graduation came and went. Phew! I have so much to say about that (of course, as always), but for now let’s just talk about Coldplay:) In between moving Grace up to Provo and our nephew’s wedding Dave and I got to sneak away one night with these friends to go…
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I think it’s so true that people who can’t see can “feel” more. Lucy can feel music so beautifully. She can’t see sheet music these days. So I think I’ve mentioned before that her awesome piano teacher uses a huge staff and writes out music for her to read. But…
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Last weekend, in the midst of all the Nationals and prom hoopla, Lucy had her own big things going on. I promise we don’t always have things to get dramatically emotional about around here, but this last weekend we had a few of them. And Lucy’s MCO choir performance was…
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As I was leaving my cello lesson a few weeks ago I asked my teacher for advice about buying/renting cellos. You see, my friend’s daughter I have been borrowing my cello from is returning home from her mission soon, and I wanted to get a jump on how I was…
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Tomorrow hopefully I’ll get to post about Elle and Carson’s sealing at the temple (loved it so much). But for today let’s talk about Lighting the World (in continuation from the last post and our fav. Christmas tradition…something else I love so much). And how Lucy and her choir sure…
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Lucy had her first high school choir performance a couple weekends ago. I’m sorry, I know I’m biased, but just LOOK at this darling girl of mine: Part of the “uniform” was clip-on pearl earrings and that particular girl of mine dutifully wore those puppies without a single complaint. (Which…
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I’ve always wanted to learn to play the cello. I’m not sure why, but I’m pretty sure the old movie Electric Dreams had something do do with it (I know, weird, but I think there was a beautiful cello player who inspired me). Ha! Isn’t it so interesting what kinds…
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light and beauty in music (MCO), and in a little girl named Lucy (and her friends)
by ShawniLast spring we were looking for something special for Lucy to get involved in. She had piano which she loved, (and an amazing teacher who was willing to write out the music large-scale so she could excel), but she longed to be more involved in things bigger than her little…
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First of all, thank you for all the love yesterday. I am still working on replying to all that comfort and buoying goodness in the comments, I am so grateful for this beautiful community in this corner of the internet. There is something so comforting about being “linked” to other…