Oak Tree in an Acorn: Blooming Guitar Players

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Blooming Guitar Players

Olivia participated in a guitar concert on Sunday playing "A Gift to Be Simple". She did a really nice job and her hard practice showed. She has come a long way in a year and a half of lessons.

Genevieve decided to give us her own guitar concert (Laurie Berkner style) with her sister's old toy guitar. She says she would like to learn to play piano, but she might have a guitar in her future too.

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Constanze said...: Very impressive. Olivia's piece sounds awesome, and I am sorry that we missed it. And Genevieve is showing a lot of talent, too. Seriously, her strokes are rhythmic and the way she goes from upbeat and loud to slow and soft - wow!Thanks to God for the gift of music!; February 26, 2010 at 6:15 PM

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Why the title, "Oak Tree in an Acorn"?

Well, really it's all about perspective when raising the girls. It helps me to think about the grand scheme of parenting and remember that what we do now affects how our little acorns will grow. Like an oak tree, we want them to be strong in their words and deeds, be able to withstand life's storms, set and reach their goals, and be people that others can lean on and trust.

We have an oak tree planted in our yard that came from an acorn my dad planted in a pot. This acorn came from a huge oak tree that was planted in the backyard of my dad's childhood home. My dad's father also planted this tree from an acorn he found on his hunting lease in the early 1960's. Our tree is thus a family heirloom, a "family tree".

It was the year of Olivia's birth when we planted our little sapling. It looked so very sad that winter with no leaves; it was, basically, like a stick rooted in the ground. Five years later, though, it stands 9 feet tall, and we continue to nurture it and watch it grow. We hope one year it will produce acorns of its own, and we can continue to pass on this family heirloom. We hope to remember it's example of how each acorn has the potential to be an oak tree, and how our acorns, Olivia and Genevieve, will one day, with help from God, become mighty oak trees themselves.