As I waited for my daughter to finish practicing yesterday for a music program this Saturday, another waiting mother informed me, "There is practice on Saturday morning too. I cannot bring my son. In any case, there are 40 children singing. What difference will one voice make?"
Hmmm... I thought. Why do I have to, too? Don't I have enough on my plate already?
So when I was driving back with my eight-year-old daughter, she mentioned something about the program and I casually remarked, "Forty kids. How does it matter if one sings or not."
She replied, "No ma! See we get to sing in such places, and practice! Can we call the grandparents?"
I was chastised immediately and said lamely, "That's the right attitude."
This morning, she chirped around the house happily, "I am so excited. I get selected in all music related things. I am in choir (there is a school choir, which is how she ended up in this program), I am in this program, and I am in the school music programs too!"
They are all by the same teacher... But why spoil her fun, when it makes her eyes shine so!
Am I glad she sometimes does not listen to me!
Hmmm... I thought. Why do I have to, too? Don't I have enough on my plate already?
So when I was driving back with my eight-year-old daughter, she mentioned something about the program and I casually remarked, "Forty kids. How does it matter if one sings or not."
She replied, "No ma! See we get to sing in such places, and practice! Can we call the grandparents?"
I was chastised immediately and said lamely, "That's the right attitude."
This morning, she chirped around the house happily, "I am so excited. I get selected in all music related things. I am in choir (there is a school choir, which is how she ended up in this program), I am in this program, and I am in the school music programs too!"
They are all by the same teacher... But why spoil her fun, when it makes her eyes shine so!
Am I glad she sometimes does not listen to me!
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