I have had many wonderful moments as a music teacher. My first real concert. I have been blessed to have had a mentor teacher that I was able to learn from and this year she left for family reasons and I will always remember her passion for teaching and the love she had for each of her students. My first concert on my own was in December of 2019 and it turned out so much better than I had thought. The students all were excited and anxious but it turned out to be an amazing experience for those who attended.
My son is growing and is healthy and very smart. I love him so much. my dream for him is to have experiences to share and keep rather than gifts and toys. Material things eventually fade and become nothing but dust. Using those "things" to create memories can become anchor points for those memories. Such as a trinket or family heirloom.
My wonderful wife decided to continue her journey of finding her self. She stepped into the world of education and has been handling her first year of teaching with so much more finesse and compassion than I did in my first year. Don't get me wrong the struggles are still there and like a saying I learned from some fellow music teachers, the best thing about your first-year of teaching is you only have to do it once. She has been incredibly successful and has handled the sudden transition to distance learning incredibly well.
I have also continued my journey to a Masters of Music Education. Of which has been such an enlightening and uplifting experience that I am grateful my wonderful wife has pushed me to pursue. My experience can be an entire blog entry itself.
It truly has been a good year. But there is opposition in all things.
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