Tonight's post is sans picture. Not because there aren't any to post from today. In fact, my friend Jessi took a great one of me all pimped out tonight driving her car, which is sporty compared to mine. I drive a van. Any opportunity to be semi-cool or merely pretend to be cool in a vehicle, and I jump all over it.
But I digress...
Why no picture? Because it's not about me. It's about the kids....the many kids who reminded me this week how lucky I am to get to do what I do: I get to be a Mom to the best kids I know. I teach a flute student every week and am continually amazed by her sense of musicianship, at the ripe old age of fifteen. Yesterday, I reviewed the application of a jazz student whose father died when he was twelve and who now demonstrates not only the academic and artistic merits in some of our finest students, but also a level of maturity and genuine commitment to philanthropy that is rare in adults, let alone teenagers. Today, I met with I can't tell you how many eager and talented music, musical theatre, and dance students and their families while they were on campus to audition for the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at UM, listening to their stories and witnessing the passion for performing in their eyes and nervous smiles. And I ended my day watching a high school musical theatre production that totally knocked my socks off.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - It is way more rewarding to be even a small part of helping a young person realize his or her dreams than it ever was pursuing my own. It ain't about me anymore, folks. It's all about the kids. It's all about the kids.
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