How a guitar student made my day yesterday.

@TheHorse (206469)
Walnut Creek, California
June 17, 2021 11:45am CST
Alee is only 5-years-old, but she is very animated and loves to sing. I've been able to show her a couple of simple chords, but mostly we strum on our guitars (I'm secretly teaching her rhythm) and sing familiar songs, like Mary Had a Little Lamb, the ABC song, and a song I taught her, called The Pirate Song. She also demands that we play rock 'n roll and so we bang on our guitars, I make up silly lyrics, and we do a little head-banger head nodding. Yesterday, after our lesson, she generated this work of art while I was telling her parents what I was teaching her. She said it's a picture of herself with me. I asked her if I could keep it and put it in my "refrigerator art museum" (I stole that from an old Sesame Street episode) and she said yes. She was my first lesson, and it made the rest of a long afternoon go much better. Have any "little things" brightened your day recently?
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Marlina
@marlina (154165)
• Canada
17 Jun 21
She is pretty lucky that her parents take her to guitar lessons at such a young age,
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jun 21
She seems ready for it. Many 5-year-olds are not.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45591)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Jun 21
She must have asked to learn how to play the guitar, rather than having it forced on her.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jun 21
They told me she sings all the time. But that's all I know.
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Kareng
@kareng (55161)
• United States
18 Jun 21
She sounds like a doll! And it also sounds like she appreciates music at a very young age. Makes you wonder how far she will go with her talent!! Thanks for sharing her story! My little thing today was a bloom from a lily that hasn't bloomed yet this year. It was small but very pretty!
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Kareng
@kareng (55161)
• United States
18 Jun 21
@TheHorse Yes, Mr. Grumpy!! When will you be going back that way to visit?
The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 21
A flower? That's wonderful? I planted some bulbs in Montana, but I think I many have planted them in a place that gets too much shade.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
17 Jun 21
You truly created a connection with Alee. I'm seeing progress in the part-time work that I have so I'm happy about that.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
18 Jun 21
@TheHorse lead generation for an auto-home insurance company. It ain't too different from my previous work so I took it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 21
@allen0187 Do you enjoy it?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jun 21
What kind of work is it?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
17 Jun 21
She sounds like an interesting child... Pretty and I now have squirrels and bunnies that seem to do part of our morning walks with us. They move along a little way and then wait until we've almost reached them before moving a ways ahead again. It's funny.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
18 Jun 21
@TheHorse Hmm... that's entirely possible. It does seem like they stop at interesting things along the way. (Not always interesting to us, but they seem to like them.)
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 21
@DaddyEvil Life is for learning.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 21
Perhaps they view themselves as tour guides.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (95699)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jun 21
Not this week. The trucks are being needy.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (95699)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jun 21
@TheHorse Just did brakes on hubbies and now one of my brakes is hanging up As it was smoking when I got home I know everything will need replaced. Told him we are ignoring it for now. I only drive it about once a week.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 21
@wolfgirl569 Are the pads toast?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 21
What do they need?
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chiwasaki
@chiwasaki (4694)
• Philippines
18 Jun 21
I was playing guitar ever since I was in high school. I love bass guitar and the sound it produce. It was my dream to play violin but I have no time for lessons. Take care.
Sabrina Traversa
@sabtraversa (13006)
• Italy
17 Jun 21
That's so sweet! Hope she will always have that energy. I guess the little thing that is going to bright my day is dinner, nothing exciting expected, I'm just a lil hungry.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jun 21
Heh. I just had some salmon chowder that was quite yummy.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459192)
• Switzerland
18 Jun 21
She is so young, I hope she enjoys and not that she is forced by her parents.
RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73725)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Jun 21
She is not only a musician but an artist as well, Glad she helps you feel good perhaps she will be a future rock and roller, Nothing much has made my day lately just moving along with the tide,
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 21
No doubt she is an artist and a musician in the making. Her enthusiasm is infectious.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (15911)
• United States
17 Jun 21
That is so sweet. A treasure for sure.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jun 21
It really did make my day.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (157187)
• United States
18 Jun 21
What a very special moment for you. My grumpy husband is the one bright light in my existence. He always makes my day.
Janeth
@janethwayne (5193)
• Philippines
18 Jun 21
That is so sweet.
Z
@nzlz123 (6473)
• Indonesia
17 Jun 21
Listening to good music brightened my day recently. It literally little things i guess haha
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206469)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jun 21
It IS the little things.