My daughters and the Piano

As granddaughters of two piano teacher grandmothers, the Sherr Sisters were destined to take piano lessons.  And, fifteen years ago, Alexa started, at age 5, with Ms. Anna Sakoian.  Ms. Anna told us all a story, at the Recital on 6/25/2022, about how Anna told her, "I'm not playing the piano," because she was taking gymnastics at the time.  Well, she did continue with gymnastics but, three years later, Anna DID join her sister in taking lessons with Ms. Anna.  It all came to a final recital on the 176th day of 2022.  And, I'll admit to it, I was crying pretty hard as Ms. Anna said goodbye to Anna and, to us, the Sherr Family.  My Two for 2022 tonight are my daughters and the piano.  I am so glad my daughters pursued music.  Performing music, especially in front of others, is a lot like life.  Sometimes you perform alone, sometimes you perform with a group.  Sometimes you do a great job, sometimes you hit a rough patch BUT, when you do, you fight through any errors to get to a strong finish.  And any good performance is a result of a lot of hard work, and frequent practicing.  Both of my daughters may be done with official piano lessons, but I hope there will still be random moments when they come into the living room and just sit down and play.  I hope they will play together at Church occasionally, always a blessed moment for me in a service, when my girls duet.  I WILL miss the times, at recitals, as Sarah and I sit in the audience and hum along, quietly, with the song, almost playing along in our minds like those gymnastics parents at the Olympics who did the routines in their seats while their daughter was on the mat.  Music will continue to be a part of our lives.  Alexa is still playing the sax in the Penn Band and Anna will likely sing at UD.  I look forward to watching them make beautiful music and I am so so so thankful of the moments watching (and hearing) them on the piano.