I also bought a piano in my 30's with 2 small children… for once I really wanted to practice and the busy family life and complications made it hard to find time.
I gave that piano to my daughter and ended up buying another one soon after. I think I really enjoyed having the piano around and though I've switched to guitarIand song, I love having the little keyboard to play a little something every once in awhile and it is enough.
This really resonated. I get so easily and quickly frustrated when things don’t come easily to me. And I’ve thought of this much more since becoming a parent. I love the idea of modeling to your kids being a beginner and (slowly, clumsily, frustratingly) learning something new.
I also bought a piano in my 30's with 2 small children… for once I really wanted to practice and the busy family life and complications made it hard to find time.
I gave that piano to my daughter and ended up buying another one soon after. I think I really enjoyed having the piano around and though I've switched to guitarIand song, I love having the little keyboard to play a little something every once in awhile and it is enough.
And I am enough.
Loved reading this. I have been ‘returning’ to piano for years since childhood and it is a tough instrument for me to relearn.
This really resonated. I get so easily and quickly frustrated when things don’t come easily to me. And I’ve thought of this much more since becoming a parent. I love the idea of modeling to your kids being a beginner and (slowly, clumsily, frustratingly) learning something new.