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mopinko

(70,078 posts)
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 11:59 AM Feb 2021

my voice teacher told me yesterday

back story- he told me 2 wks ago that he is in a bout of depression. that since xmas eve, he has a hard time getting off the couch.
i love this guy. our lessons always go long, cuz we are always swapping stories.
he's married to a dear friend, or i would be alllll over him. we have said many times how fond we are of each other.

so, yesterday, he said- w each lesson, he sorta hopes the student will cancel. i had to cancel last week, and he was too gracious about it.
but he said- when i pick up the call, it brightens his day.

i feel the same. these music lessons were the biggest bright spot in the shit show that was 2020.
i look forward to mondays now. no matter how monday it has been all morning, come 1 pm, it's the best day of the week.

i am doing well, but it isnt my singing voice that cheers him up. certainly not my piano playing, which i have yet to put any real effort into. it's my joy in learning.

be that for the people that work for/with you.
if you never stop learning new things, you never get old.
imma live to be 100, and get shot by a jealous girlfriend.

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my voice teacher told me yesterday (Original Post) mopinko Feb 2021 OP
Never deny the love you feel inside randr Feb 2021 #1
perfect. mopinko Feb 2021 #2
((my mop)) blm Feb 2021 #3
d'awww mopinko Feb 2021 #5
You may be the sunshine in his safeinOhio Feb 2021 #4
nice and also grateful. mopinko Feb 2021 #6

randr

(12,409 posts)
1. Never deny the love you feel inside
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:04 PM
Feb 2021

Always express it to those you love.
The love you take is equal to the make-JL

safeinOhio

(32,673 posts)
4. You may be the sunshine in his
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:10 PM
Feb 2021

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

It doesn't cost anything to be nice and it could save a life.

mopinko

(70,078 posts)
6. nice and also grateful.
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:12 PM
Feb 2021

some ppl might think that what i pay him is enough.
but it's just not. not to listen to me sing.

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