all-district chorus

Last night both my big boys performed in the All-District Chorus and they were great! We were so proud of them for making All- District and doing such a great job at the concert. The middle school and high school also sang and were all wonderful. There are some seriously talented kids out there.

The elementary school was so good that the middle school kids sitting in front of us were overheard saying “They’re better than us!”

The boys incredible and sweet music teacher.

And here’s a story Patrick wrote- shared with permission (if you are a blog follower, you’ll remember the hard few weeks Patrick was having in January and February). It’s awesome and I’m so proud!

It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up”- Vince Lombardi

I’m a twin. Being a twin is hard. We’re often compared to each other in numerous subjects. But in January 2010, it got serious. It all started on a normal Tuesday. I packed up my rough, royal blue backpack. My class hurried down the stairs and rocketed out to the laden schoolyard. My mother picked me up and drove me home. I was happy as usual until I heard the news. My twin brother Jack had made the National Anthem tryouts and I had not. I was devastated, but carried on with my average life. Later the next week, I had taken the Spelling Bee tryout test. I was sweating heavily and dragged my pencil across the blank paper. I wondered if I made the finals. When we came back from gym, I saw the sign. It said “congratulations to our Spelling Finalists: SB, MH, and RM. S told me “you didn’t make it”. Those words echoded through me in such a fashion that rambled and messed up my head. I was on the dge of depression. Just when I started dealing with it, I heard that my brother made it. I was on the edge of tears. One rushed down my red cheek and plopped onto the hard tile floor. I accepted my fate as a sorrowful person. There was no optimistic side of this. But a spark of an idea made it’s way through my body. My head jerked up. Tomorrow, the All-District Chorus sign was coming up. I saw it and my name was on it.

My name.

I said “Look out world I’m comin to town”. Believe me, don’t give up faith!!!

And that, my blog readers, is my incredible son Patrick and his fantastic personality and excellent writing!