An angel visited me today.

@TheHorse (238297)

Walnut Creek, California

March 24, 2021 11:40pm CST

I got to teach my new angel today. I have discussed her before. She is a Sophomore in High School. She is blind and "developmentally challenged" (she loves Paw Partol) and GETS music. I taught her the chords to "I Don't Know my Name" (her favorite song) today. She got them. Her Grandma sat with us. Grandma thanked me for my patience and love. Patience? I don't know if she (Grandma) understood how much joy her angel was bringing to me. Angel and I did a call and response, where she would sing the "chorus" and then I would do the same. She was ecstatic. I was ecstatic. Music is a language that transcends politics, "developmental level," socioeconimic status, and every other "demographic variable" you can think of. I am blessed.

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@BarBaraPrz (51818)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

25 Mar 21

Count your ble-essings...

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@BarBaraPrz (51818)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

25 Mar 21

@TheHorse We all should do that.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

My Buddhist friends sometimes meditate on what they're thankful/grateful for. I should do that more.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

@BarBaraPrz Agreed.

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@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

25 Mar 21

I think you are enjoying really very much your music lessons.

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@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

26 Mar 21

@TheHorse I am glad you have this secondary job now.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

@LadyDuck I hope I can continue to build my student base.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

They fire me up. During a time when I've been experiencing some degree of ennui.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

25 Mar 21

What a nice PERK to your day! And thanks for sharing!!

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

I look forward to teaching her again.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

26 Mar 21

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

@kareng She's that sweet and kind.

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@vandana7 (102698)

• India

25 Mar 21

You are enjoying the fruits of my prayers following your tummy's washer going bad. Perhaps you need to thank me.

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@vandana7 (102698)

• India

25 Mar 21

@TheHorse My prayer this night... Dear God, please help Pony become a happy and smiling person, and let him thank me from the top of his heart. Amen.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

I thought you said I was not allowed to thank you! Egads! Women!

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

@vandana7 Teaching music DOES make me smile. Especially when I see progress in the student.

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

26 Mar 21

It's great you get so n much enjoyment about helping out your kids with music and at the preschool. Your love for the kids shines through.

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

27 Mar 21

@TheHorse especially children because they don't hold back what they are feeling.

@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

I enjoy that lightbulb going on expression when people are proud of having learned something.

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@erictsuma (9725)

• Mombasa, Kenya

25 Mar 21

She is an angel indeed. You did the right thing

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

Her goal is to be on "America's Got Talent." I will do all in my power to make her goal a realistic one. She has a good ear and a lovely voice.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

25 Mar 21

@TheHorse That would be super awsome!

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

@kareng It really would be.

@allen0187 (59699)

• Philippines

25 Mar 21

Indeed you are!

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@allen0187 (59699)

• Philippines

26 Mar 21

@TheHorse for sure, she is as excited as you are.

@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

I look forward to seeing her again next week.

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@prinzcy (32299)

• Malaysia

26 Mar 21

I think you're really blessed.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

I feel blessed. Her sweetness and devotion to her music really motivates me.

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@eileenleyva (27555)

• Philippines

25 Mar 21

What is 'call and response?' Is the response a reprise? Or probably not. Your singing tutelage with the young sophie is indeed an angelic moment.

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@eileenleyva (27555)

• Philippines

26 Mar 21

@TheHorse I see. Thank you for explaining. That seems perfect harmony to me.

@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

If the words are "I don't know my name," sung four times, she would sing them once, I would sing them once, she would sing them again, and I would sing them a final time.

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@setsuna26 (2748)

• Philippines

26 Mar 21

It is not like everyday that you get to find someone as interesting as that person my friend. Maybe God indeed sent one of his angels to keep you from feeling bad or maybe to lift your mood and make you smile whenever possible. I also wish that one of these days i will be able to find someone just like that too

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

I think He already has. I really enjoy teaching her.

@rakski (156298)

• Philippines

26 Mar 21

music holds no boundaries. I am glad both of you are able to enjoy

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

I look forward to seeing her again.

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@rakski (156298)

• Philippines

27 Mar 21

@TheHorse that is nice

@RasmaSandra (97978)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

26 Mar 21

That is wonderful it sounds like you compliment each other well and her talent should be developed,

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

Yes, I think it's a great fit.

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@JudyEv (381953)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Mar 21

You are indeed blessed. So is your young student.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

Interacting through music really does make me happy.

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@JudyEv (381953)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Mar 21

@TheHorse It is a universal language.

@thelme55 (79308)

• Germany

26 Mar 21

You and your angel are both blessed. Continue sharing your talents to those angels yourself teaching.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

I'm hoping it continues to be fun. I think it will.

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

25 Mar 21

That sounds like the two of you makes a very good connection,

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

I agree. I think I'm a good teacher for her. And she's the perfect student for me right now.

@wolfgirl569 (135663)

• Marion, Ohio

25 Mar 21

She sounds like a wonderful girl

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

Her personality is as sweet as her singing.

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@moffittjc (128833)

• Gainesville, Florida

25 Mar 21

Music is definitely a wonderful gift God has bestowed upon us.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

It really is.

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@DianneN (254949)

• United States

25 Mar 21

Aww, that's sweet. I am sure you can help your angel.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

She's off to a good start.

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@Shiva49 (28375)

• Singapore

25 Mar 21

Yes, you are indeed blessed to be blessed like that. Music has no language barrier, boundaries. You are reaching out to society at large and those others tend to avoid. Stay blessed.

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Mar 21

Thank you.

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@Dena91 (17038)

• United States

25 Mar 21

You are a wonderful person who shares his love of music and I love reading how the angels respond to your music

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@TheHorse (238297)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar 21

I have another wonderful teenage student. Perhaps I'll write about him today.

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