Day 43 in 2023

He gave up piano when he became a public school student. It was an agreemnt we'd had—that he could quit if he became too busy—but it broke my heart all the same. He has SO much talent, he just hate practicing. And I've loved watching him grow his other talents this past year for sure, but I won't pretend I wasn't thrilled when he decided to pick it back up in order to join the jazz band at school.