They Sold Grandma’s Steinway In Secret—She Responded In Silence

A new beginning.

I teach private lessons here now on weekends. My first student was Aunt Margaret’s granddaughter Sophie, who plays with the same impatient passion I had at eight years old.

In the evenings, I play for myself—Chopin, Bach, sometimes just improvised melodies that go nowhere and everywhere. Grandma’s presence lingers in those moments, in continue reading …