From Little Acorns
Mads turned eighteen today.
Here she is with her first violin, bought after she'd nagged almost ceaselessly for a year.
And this is now - at a dress rehearsal a month or so ago.
She is healthy, she is happy, she is loved, she is doing what she loves to do and will make it her career one way or another. Life is good.
Here she is with her first violin, bought after she'd nagged almost ceaselessly for a year.
And this is now - at a dress rehearsal a month or so ago. She is healthy, she is happy, she is loved, she is doing what she loves to do and will make it her career one way or another. Life is good.
posted by MargieCM at 7:27 pm
21 Comments:
Happy birthday to Mads and all the best to her for the future years!
The joy and satisfaction with life that comes through in this post are just wonderful.
Happy Birthday, Mads.
Thanks Maria - we are lucky and know it. So does Mads, and I'm not averse to reminding her when she occasionally forgets it.
Dale, I've just come from yours, and as I said there, feel deeply selfish looking at this again now. Thank you so much for your good wishes. I know things can go off the rails so quickly, and am grateful for the times where things are good. I hope fervently that those better times are close again for you and your family. You are an amazing, loving and deeply caring person, and I feel very humbled.
oh Margie, this post made me cry.. not for sadness, but for pride for you and Mads... my Scotty's instrument of choice is his piano.
Tell her happy birthday with lots of love from me, will you?
xxx
S
Happy, happy birthday Mads! What gorgeous images, and how blessed she is to have so much love for music and its making.
I think the talent of an artistically gifted child is of as much pleasure to those around them as it is to them. It is so wonderful to witness such a love for music in one so young that the enjoyment reflects on and enriches everyone they meet.
Have a great day, all of you xxxx
Can she play Cotton-eyed Joe?
Just joshing! She's beautiful, and no wonder, her mom's post about the little acorn is more beautiful still.
Paul
She looks like a beautiful elegant young ladie.. Happy Birthday sweet eighteen!..
I love the Violin, such a wonderful instrument
18 .... reminds me of an Alice Cooper song.
Seriously though, happy birthday. It looks like Mums is a happy lady 'cause of u.
She's gorgeous, talented and so...looking for the word......grounded - like her mom, I think. A wonderful achievement at eighteen. You must be so proud.
Please pass on Happy Birthday wishes to her from me.
They grow up so fast....
Happy birthday, Mads! Margie, she looks lovely in every way. And grounded, yes, that is the perfect word to describe her.
xx
AM
Happy Birthday to Mads. She is beautiful. Have to mention that I noticed her shoes, love them! What a wonderful talent she has. Many happy years to her.
xx
Thanks All for the lovely messages - I will show them to Mads of course.
Stevie thanks, and I will pass that on too. I hope Scott keeps up with his piano - it's such a wonderful instrument, although ours is a piece of rubbish at the moment and needs a lot of work. Everything above middle C sustains - very atmospheric!
Vally, I think young musicians do give the people around them a lot of pleasure - not just with the sounds they produce, but when we see the pleasure it gives them. I think when you see your children doing anything they truly love and feel good about it's a great feeling.
Paul, I must come and "see" you again. I don't think she's ever played Cotton Eyed Joe, but she's done a few folk fiddling workshops over the years and has played in world music ensembles, so nothing's off limits! It's a good tune, so you can be serious about it if you like!
Gypsy, haha, she can look very elegant, but of course like all teenagers, can grunge up pretty well too. Right now she's here alternating between downloading i-Tunes and doing exam study, slopping around in tartan pyjama bottoms and ugg boots with a Felix the Cat t-shirt, hair bunched on top of her head like some sort of derelicte Teletubby. Very chic!
Lesley - Alice Cooper eh? I don't know that one of his. She does make me happy, along with my other two girls of course, but we also have our share of stress along with the best of them. That's parenthood for you.
Rache and Anne Marie, grounded is a good word to describe her ... sometimes. Certainly when she's playing. Maybe not so much when she's in party mode, although she's generally pretty sensible. Loves a night out though! Work hard play hard seems to be the go.
Finally, Grace, I'm glad you noticed and liked the shoes - they're mine!
Good taste in shoes Margie!
To you Margie, who has the most indelible and unforgettable manner of writing.
Please, no matter what you do, don't use that eraser!
You have the most wonderful, intuitive, creative, and thoughtful way of putting life and thoughts into words.
You are also an inspiration and I Thank You.
Love
Dale
Hoping that life is still good, Margie! xx
Iv'e got some tartan pyjama bottoms and a Felix the Cat tee-shirt!!..tell her she is an honourary Derelicté Chic!..
I also agree with what Dale said about your writing..
Just popped in briefly before heading off out of cyber range for another few days.
Dale, thank you so much - I really hope the pieces are starting to come back together for you and your family.
Vally, yes, it's good, although still messy. We spent yesterday sorting though accommodation options for January rather than cleaning up. Much better idea.
The younger two girls and I are running away to the Bay for a few days this afternoon, leaving Colin working and Madeleine studying and doing holiday classes (poor thing - I think she's really "over" Year 12, and can't wait for the exams to be finished.)
Gypsy, thank you too, and I will pass that on, together with a solemn understanding of the honour bestowed. I have trained her well, yes? As it happens, I bought her the pj's from a local op shop, and the Felix T-shirt is mine from about 25 years ago! I take NO responsibility for the ugg boots though. As Grace kindly says, I have nice taste in footwear. The teletubby hair is of her own design too. She sure can put a look together!
when it's in your blood, it's in your blood. And musicianship is obviously in hers. Your daughter is beautiful Margie. Happy birthday to her.
~Lace~
Aloha, Margie, I much appreciated you popping by mine and leaving your very sweet message. Happy belated b-day to Madeleine and hoping she doesn't have to suffer too much more through her last year of school(do you call it high school there, too?)
Congrats, proud Mum, on a job well done.
I have forgotten to add that the wonderful capture of Mads playing her first violin reminded me of myself. I used to play the violin (and later viola) for quite a long time, though stopped a few years into the university (I might pick it up again later in life, but so far I have not had the motivation). I originally started wanting a violin when I was about four: there was (and is) an annual music camp in the parish where I grew up, and a family who frequented the camp stayed with my family in the vicagare. One of the girls in the family played the violin, and I thought she looked absolutely gorgeous! Finally, I got a violin when I was six, after long long nagging. In the end the violin didn't become a passion (or a career) for me, but there's a very similar picture of me somewhere, except with blond braids. :-)
Maria - you should post that picture!
I don't think it really matters whether a child who has had the opportunity to learn an instrument keeps playing in adult life. Learning is never wasted. The experience adds to a person's breadth of knowledge and understanding of music, and no-one can take that away. It's all part of the mix. I just wish more children could have the opportunity in the first place.
Thanks for the story! I really enjoy hearing about aspects of my blogger friends' early lives.
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