A lesson from the piano

My home piano– the top rack is from a former piano- the one I used growing up

At times, I have wondered why I purchased it. It’s an upright and I always wanted a grand. It’s brown and I prefer black. It’s a pain to keep clean especially with ivory keys. Most of all, it was horribly out of tune, until Friday.

I finally arranged a time for Mr. Wright to come and tune it and now- wow. The sound is remarkably different. I enjoy playing more than ever!

What took me so long to arrange for a simple tuning? Time. I was always so busy, but it was such an easy fix!

It reminds me of all the other tuning I could be doing right now instead of allowing any kind of busyness to overtake me. Tuning relationships with my family, tuning the words that I speak… the list goes on and on.

As this journey continues, now in a different state, the Friday piano tuning will remind me to maintain my own personal tuning —always needed and cannot be neglected.

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This blog includes a year of adventure where I left my teaching position to pursue dreams , renew friendships, and care of my aging parents.It includes details about my aging father who lives in a memory care home. I recently became a grandma and will be taking care of little Julia starting in October.

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