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Robby's Night
True Story Worth Reading !!! At the prodding of my friends, I am writing this story. My name is Mildred Hondorf. I am a former elementary school music teacher from Des Moines , Iowa . I've always supplemented my income by teaching piano lessons-something I've done for over 30 years. Over the years I found that children have many levels of musical ability.. I've never had the pleasure of having a prodigy though I have taught some talented students. However I've also had my share of what I call 'musically c hal lenged' pupils. One such student was Robby. Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single Mom) dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer that students (especially boys!) begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby. But Robby said that it had always been his mother's dream to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student. Well, Robby began with his piano lessons and from the beginning I thought it was a hopeless endeavor. As much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm n eeded to excel but he dutifully reviewed his scales and some elementary pieces that I require all my students to learn. Over the months he tried and tried while I listened and cringed and tried to encourage him. At the end of each weekly lesson he'd always say, 'My mom's going to hear me play someday.' But it seemed hopeless. He just did not have any inborn ability. I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in her aged car to pick him up. She always waved and smiled but never stopped in. Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. I thought about calling him but assumed because of his lack of ability, that he had decided to pursue sometng else. I also was glad that he stopped coming. He was a bad advertisement for my teaching! Several weeks later I mailed to the student's homes a flyer on the upcoming recital.. To my surprise Robby (who received a flyer) asked me if he could be in the recital. I told him that the recital was for current pupils and because he had dropped out he really did not qualify. He said that his mother had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons but he was still practicing 'Miss Hondorf, I've just got to play!' he insisted. I don 't know what led me to allow him to play in the recital. Maybe it was his persistence or maybe it was something inside of me saying that it would be all right. The night for the recital came . The high school gymnasium was packed with parents, friends and relatives. I put Robby up last in the program before I was to come up and thank all the students and play a finishing piece. I thought that any damage he would do would come at the end of the program and I could always salvage his poor performance through my 'curtain closer.' Well, the recital went off without a hitch. The students had been practicing and it showed, then Robby came up on stage. His clothes were wrinkled and his hair looked like he'd run an eggbeater through it. 'Why didn't he dress up like the other students?' I thought. 'Why didn't his mother at least make him comb his hair for this special night?' Robby pulled out the piano bench and he began. I was surprised when he an nounced that he had chose n Mozart's Concerto #21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys, they even danced nimbly on the ivories. He went from pianissimo to fortissimo. From allegro to virtuoso. His suspended chords that Mozart demands were magnificent! Never had I heard Mozart played so well by people his age. After six and a hal f minutes he ended in a grand crescendo and everyone was on their feet in wild applause. Overcome and in tears I ran up on stage and put my arms around Rob by in joy. 'I've never heard you play like that Robby! How'd you do it? ' Through the microphone Robby explained: 'Well, Miss Hondorf, Remember I told you my Mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer and passed away this morning and well. .. She was born deaf so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make it special.' There wasn't a dry eye in the house that evening. As the people from Social Services led Robby from the stage to be placed into foster care, noticed that even their eyes were red and puffy and I thought to myself how much richer my life had been for taking Robby as my pupil. No, I've never had a prodigy but that night I became a prodigy . .. Of Robby's. He was the teacher and I was the pupil for it is he that taught me the meaning of perseverance and love and believing in yourself and maybe even taking a chance in someone and you don't know why. Robby was killed in the senseless bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April of 1995. And now, a footnote to the story. If you are thinking about forwarding this message, you are probably thinking about which people on your address list aren't the 'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message. The person who sent this to you believes that we can all make a difference. So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice: Do we act with compassion or do we pass up that opportunity and leave the world a bit colder in the process? You know the choice I made. Thank you for reading this. May God bless you today, tomorrow and always.< /B> ********* If God didn't have a purpose for us, we wouldn't be here!
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i wan my luv life back!!...

probs la..soo many...and i HATE it...*DAMN*....y muz tis all happen now....anyway....muz get over it all...*haiz*....comin back to church tis sunday and i wont be missing it anymore...thanks god...i was wishing for this for a looong time....and de time has come....hahaha....still wan de luv of my life to knw tat i luv her....but she is soo quiet...most of de time....zzzzz...but she's got her charms....lolx....i juz dun simply want it back...i wan a better luv life...even if its out of my age limit....haha....^6...i m not gettin serious la....hehe...juz norm relationship.....i want a lasting 1...yeah....hope for it...i m doin my bez....and its not enuf....wow...tat sucxs..

ohh ya...LANGKAWI....not over yet..haha!!??

wana read tis??....come to(checkitoutwith-hackergeo.spaces.live.com)....hard to write all here la...sry..

'de' tRiP '2' lAnGkAwI!!??

haha...at last i went on de trip of this year...it was 2 langkawi..quite nice oso de place...got lots of foreign ppl there...itz like being on a island sum where near England..anyway..it was nice..i even celebrated my birthday there...soo cool..but den again...i could hv thought a better way of celebrating it...but it was nice...got to celebrated it in a pool..and started receiving lots of calls..frm ppl frm k.L...sooo nice of dem... ^^ ...i tasted all de great seafood tat ppl always talk boud wen dey get to langkawi...it was soo 'SEDAP'...serious!..it was soo delicious..and de prawns are sooo huge...and 'de' lobsters are hugger..but i didn get to eat the lobsters..myb nex time i go there...but the food was still nice...and den there was the beautiful beach...wahh...i was dying to see tat for a long time...and de boats are huge!!??...waaa...soooo nice...soo relaxing..for all of u tat hv nvr been there..u all better go see it for urself...waa..i wana go again..can't wait...so nice holiday...it juz changed my whole perspective...haaa...soo happy...wad could hv been better..and got to take pics wif de captain tat flew de plain i was on... ^^

u knw...who ever ...ever thought..tat guitarist r cool..think again

i guess most ppl tink tat guitarists r cool..coz dey can make all those nice sounds tat make dem look like santana..although he is not cool...but seriously is tat all u can tink of to say tat a guitarist is cool??...well tats lame... u knw...guitars r easy to learn..if they're hard?...tats b'coz u're learnin it de wrong way..or frm de wrong person...well no offense...but sumtimes itz oso a matter of wether u r a music kinda person or not..if u knw u r not..plz step aside..let de ppl tat r gud at it..to take over...there's not 1 music instrument tat is hard to learn...de reason it looks hard to learn..is b'coz u make it look hard to urself...self determination and positive thinking is very much needed...juz take control of de instrument and let urself hv ur way in it...and wen u play a instrument..dun ever use ur brains..or in other words``dun tink a lot``...juz play...flow wid it..feel it...and if u've ever went for those music classes...well tat doesn't kik in wen u play...it oni kiks in wen u compose a song or bring it up a notch..tat means editing it...well hope u find these tips useful..i found boud all these..wen i saw sum ppl play like noobz..if u understand wad i mean..well tats all...enjoy..c ya!!

juz tis gurl i like..

well..lots of u will really wanna knw boud tis(my school frenz)tats if dey get 2 read tis..there's tis gurl tat i like.well she doesn't knw tat tis is wad i really think boud her..even though there is tis other gurl which i didn fall for...but it was de other way around but tats another story...well back 2 reality..tis gurl is juz de perfect gurl...she is quiet doesn't talk 2 much...gud hearted...soooo cute...damn hot...and she has tis smile tat could juz melt ur heart...well she does't knw tat i think of her in tis way....if most of u ppl knw...is tat i dun look at apperance(even though it will all kick in later on)but i go for personality...even though she doesn't mixes 2 much and is comfortable in her own group.she still is a charm...i knw i'm praisin her 2 much...but she deserves it...i'm tellin u if u were 2 see her u would tink de same..but BACK OFF!!..she's oni 4 1 guy...(i guess u knw who i'm talkin boud)hehe...well tats boud juz tis gurl i like..hope she doesn't mind if i was in another relationship b4 she stunned me....tats all..any questions?? u knw where 2 reach me..lolz

sumthin boud my music life??

well...music..music...music..i wouldn't say tat i hate it but i can't say i love it...coz it's hard to learn such a hard thing so...i like music...but i had a hard time learnin piano...and its really hard..but de results are amazing...if u like challenges..den take it...but i would say ya y not try it out and see how it go's....well since i stopped learning piano...i started on drums..and wad can i say...i'm gud now b'coz of piano..de instrument i first hated....well drums was easy...i did'n hv anythin special...my God(Jesus Christ)..really helped me out a lot...so tats y i'm quite gud at it now...lolz...i don't mean to brag but wad can i say...can't keep it to myself...hahas...there's oso lots of other ppl tat helped me too...really thankful to dem...kinds of songs l like would be rock,jazz,and a few classics...like examples of rock...umm...linkin park and sum other bands tat play de same kind of music...other than tat...for jazz i really favor a lot of jazz singers from the blues...i look dem up and its amazing tat dey can come up with such tunes tat can juz relax ur mind...lolz...and for classic i found it from all de classic pieces i used to play wen i was still learnin piano...and now i picked up bass guitarin..and i think i'm doin quite well...lolz...can't wait to be a pro..and another hard one now is rhythm guitarin and its painful to play acoustic..how dey do it...so pro man dey all....lols...well tats my story boud music...and i like hip-hop and not forgettin r&b...