Do you read music? I took one music appreciation class for a required “art” elective in college and learned the basics, which I promptly forgot. I also took guitar lessons for a while and learned a few chords. I know that when the notes go up, the music is higher (and down, vice versa, LOL), but all in all, I do not know how to read (much less write) music.

For that reason, it amazes me to hear the boys playing instruments. Just this morning, No. 4 allowed No. 3 to sit on the bench with him while he played piano, and I overheard No. 3 remind him, “Don’t forget to press A & G together,” and I thought how cool it was that the 7yo understood, while his *cough, cough*-year-old mom didn’t.

(Speaking of *cough-cough*-years-old, if the expected lifespan of my demographic is 80.5, then “middle-aged” is only 40!)

In addition to taking shop classes and learning more about mechanics, plumbing and IT (for practical purposes, not necessarily a career), I would have paid more attention to learning to read music.