An Old Piano Sings

 I love how Luke can create so much music
with this old piano.

This piano is the one my Grandma and Grandma Beck

bought for my mama

when she was learning how to play.

She was 8 years old when she started

and they didn't have a piano yet.

She practiced on the window sill at first.

She has told me that one of her favorite memories ever

is the day she got this piano.

It's over 130 years old now and way past its prime.

The last time I had it tuned,

the tuner said he couldn't make it sound any better

because the strings are just worn out.

So it definitely has a twang when played.

But it brings back so many memories

of when it was in my Grandma Beck's house.

My mama would play

and we would all sing.

Since I got it, it has moved into 3 parsonages

and then here.

Most of the time,

Luke practices on the really good piano

that is at my mama's house (right beside our house)

but I LOVE it when he practices here

and makes my old piano sing.

I hear such sweet sounds from my past

as I also hear my boy orchestrating his future.

I am blessed.