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Happygolucky4u: That's a good idea You should tape it Kaybee

Butin: this two pieces of music..happens to be my two favourite too. I joke. Not....

Kaybee50: My mother is an accomplished pianist.
I was fortunate to grow up with the sound of beautiful music floating throughout the house.
Through the years, I've given her sheet music as gifts of some of my favorites: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Debussy's Clair de Lune, and so many others.
And now that is she is aging, and her eyesight is becoming an issue, I snuck a light to clip on her music stand so she can more easily see her sheet music (she still doesn't know who did that).
She is in her mid-80s, dementia is becoming more and more pronounced, arthritis is taking hold of her magical fingers.
I realize that my days of sitting in the living room, being woven into spells by her magical fingers will soon come to an end.
Today I am feeling nostalgic.
I live in another city and only get "home" a couple of times a year now.
I have asked her if she thinks she can still play Clair de Lune.
She is going to try for me.
I am going "home" for Easter.
I know she will be practicing diligently just for me.
My relationship with my mother is complicated, but she has a gift.
She has touched so many lives throughout her own life with her gift.
This will most likely be the last time I hear Claire de Lune from my mother's piano.