My mom passed just before Covid hit and she was in a retirement home. I would go visit every day as I knew her days were few. Her mine was sharp but short term memory fading. Somehow singing came up and she began to sing the song when she was putting her young tribe to sleep. I was floored as her voice was amazing. For 63 years I never knew she had such a voice. She mentioned she sang for a crowd several years ago as the piano player announced what his next song would be. Mom told him she knew it and the fellow ask her to sing it and she did. He ask if she was a professional singer and she said with four kids singing never entered her mind. I ask why she did not pass this on to me and she said she did but I have never tried. She passed about a month later in her sleep. I loved her too much to see her suffer as dad passed ten months prior. Married for 70 years and both healthy over 90 years. It was time to let them go.
I later decided that I would try a musical instrument and found a couple of cheap harps my brother gave me. I was hooked at the get go and got a few nice harps. I am about 30 months into my journey and hope if I live that long my skill would be at least half as good as moms voice. Cannot say if I’ll be around tomorrow but I will with my harps close by when I go. Point is never say its too late or you do not have the ability. Persistence and turning mistakes into learning experiences will win every time. Some say I am hard headed and others persistent. They are all correct and its my only virtue.