Grace under pressure

Posted this yesterday at the forum:  Well, folks, I'm glad today is over. Pictured below are -- Jared & AJ -- playing their piano pieces at the recital.  DS Jared played a fabulous Frederic Chopin piece, but he flubbed-up more than once (Mom, how can I make 11 mistakes when I've only got 10 fingers?! ).

What can you do?  You grin and bear it, and inwardly cheer him on through 22 memorized pages of a very difficult 12-minute piano piece.  And you thank the Lord above for giving you a son who knows how to persevere.And laugh at himself. And has the guts to post the video on FB. And on YouTube

Then, you break out the Godiva white chocolate. Yum!

Jared: Chopin's Scherzo #2 in Bb Major

AJ: Toccata by Dmitry Kabalevsky

As an added note, the music school the boys attend is far smaller than the other music school we also use, but the teachers are the best.  Pictured below is Mr and Mrs Purim, piano teachers, who grew up under the communist regime in the former USSR.

Godiva ♥