I Can’t Sew a Dress But I’m Doing It Anyway

I learned to play piano from my dad’s cousin. She was a piano teacher in that she taught me and my siblings, but it wasn’t her career. She just knew how to play the piano and was more than able to guide us through a series of lesson books. I learned to play piano because there was an adult keeping me accountable, but not necessarily because I had someone instructing me in the complexities of the craft.

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