MUSIC MANTRA Monday: Adding A Piano To Our Family (Wilhelm Kempff plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata)

Today's post is going to be shorter than usual but still as powerful as alwasy, I hope. As many of you know, I grew up with music being a very strong part of my life. My mom was a musician, her birth mother was a musician. I started playing piano when I was two. I also learned to play most other stringed instruments such as violin, viola and guitar. I also sang in school and church choirs throughout my childhood. One thing that I was so grateful for was having a piano both in our house as well as at my grandparents. I was so fortunate.

Then when I moved out on my own, I didn't have a piano to turn to when I needed cheering up or had a tough day and wanted to run off some scales to burn of negative energy or just wanted to stay in touch with that part of my soul. I missed it so much. Well, guess what? We're looking in Kijiji (that's a local Buy and Sell type of thing done online) for a stand up piano. My heart is so happy. I'll keep you posted.

For now, I'm leaving you today with one of the songs I taught myself to play when I was still in my early digits: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played by the amazing Wilhelm Kempff. Enjoy. And find ways to bring the joy of music into YOUR life.