Forum Winners' Recital

After the very big day of celebrating Margaret's First Holy Communion, Mary (9) was due in the evening at the Charlotte Piano Teachers' Forum Winners' Recital because she had previously won first place in her age bracket. This earned her her first monetary prize, and we are so proud of her diligence!

Mary with her teacher

We decided that Mary and her dad would be the only ones to attend because it was so important to us that the out-of-town guests didn't shift attention away from the more eternally important sacrament Margaret had just received. This was a difficult parenting decision but, we discerned, the one with better Catholic teaching. Mary was very understanding, even though it would have felt so natural and good for these five visiting adults to go watch her perform in person.

I stayed home making final preparations for the funeral the next morning and making sure everyone got to bed early so they would be well rested. Of course, rest was not to be found for me, but that can be told with the next installment!