Happy Surprises

This week, I have been the recipient of several happy surprises, mostly positive feedback or wonderful words. Here are the highlights:

• A student's mother emailed to say they'd finally gotten their piano tuned, and now her daughter was so happy.
• A mother emailed to let me know her daughter had decided to increase her piano practice time during Lent.
• A parent emailed to say, "I really enjoy seeing my daughter getting so much better under your tutelage."
• A new student told me he had gotten up at 6:30 a.m. to practice on piano day.
• A student said, "Wanna know my favorite day? It's Friday, because that's piano day. Wanna know why? Because this is the only place I ever learn anything." I said, "You probably also learn some things at school, right?" She said, "No, I already know everything there."
• A mother emailed to ask if I would recommend fun or silly music for her child so that she would have more things to play after her practicing was over.
• A student beamed when she told me she had won first place in the music composition category of the PTA Reflections contest at her school.
• A teenage student is super excited to be playing her favorite Taylor Swift song on piano in talent show next week.

Great list, isn't it? This has been an unusually fantastic week...and it reminds me of why being a piano teacher is so doggone fun.