Music Helps Me

Absolutely! This 90 year young woman chooses to come to practice .. and remind me that she was there before I was!🤐

@helenfrancis That's wonderful that young 90 yr old still comes and enjoys the music My 90 yr old here just loves to play games ,she is very sharp.We played cards last night 10 games of King's in the corner it's a solitare game it was funny shed win they I won went back and forth like this but she won last game so she was the queen .

We age differently now! You are blessed to have an elder with you.
Three of my grandparents had longevity but my father died at 60 (stroke) after a job loss,
and my mother at 69, heart condition:
she was made to work (by stepmother with 8 children!) when she was very sick: scarlet fever. Cruel.

She was later sent away to be a nanny for a wonderful Jewish family in another state.... a blessing! This family travelled extensively and always made sure that my mother practiced her Faith (Catholicism).
I wish I could have met someone from that family.
(My mother returned home to take care of her dying stepmother. !!... and met my father)

My mother was well traveled and well read. My friends used to tell me that my mother was different than their Mothers. (She had life’s education!)
Thank you, adopted family in Ohio.

Your mother is a queen. How blessed are you to have her. She raised a princess!

@helenfrances No Ellen Im not a princess altho in our ancestry we had a Princes in Holland that had to abdicate the throne for marrying a commoner from Germany . My great great granddad My Mom died at 90 this is just a friend where I live here she loves to play different games bingo and cards. My Dad died at 49 he was a supervisor in a steel plant where they made war material he had to go down all 3 shifts to tell the guys what to work on. He had a heart attack . Stress . I just gave Delores the title of Queen of the cards .

@mezzosoprano, I played violin in college and in community/college orchestra for many years. I played principal 2nd violin position. Although not professional level, we covered a wide range of music - and I loved it. There is nothing that can compare to the sound and the atmosphere of participating on stage or in the pit for a live performance. And I miss it, although I never got to see the musical theatre performance in it's entirety.
Have you been able to attend any live performances since you retired?

Today I moved a new-to-me roll top desk. A large and beautiful piece, of course it meant I also needed to reposition other things. Yes, I am what you might call uber-organised, and like things "just so". Imagine my delight and surprise to unseal a bag containing old books from my dad, finding a well-worn book of cowboy songs and poetry, plus a volume of "group songs" meant for community singing. While my dad wasn't one to belt out songs often, he appreciated the art of a good and meaningful song. A nice memory on this hot afternoon.
Ginger

@gingerw What a wonderful surprise That is nice to fine . I love roll top desk .

@lioness71
I just read your post again about your father’s death at such a young age. He was really a hero.. working three shifts.. so that others fighting in the war might live.

@helenfrances Yes but it was hard on him the stress that lead to his heart attack. Thanks Ellen .