Have you tried learning a new skill lately?

Recently we purchased a new piano. My wife took piano lessons as a child and has played off and on throughout her adult years.  When we first started dating, she played at the nursing home while I led the music and preached. Fun date, right?

These past couple of weeks, I’ve enjoyed listening to her learn new songs along with playing old hymns and piano classics.  For me, the piano is more of a piece of furniture than a musical instrument.  Growing up, I was more interested in football and baseball and never learned how to read music, much less how to play the piano. When no one is around, I’ll sit down and bang on the keys. I have no idea the note each key plays, so you can imagine the cacophony of noise that fills the room. When Leigh Anne plays, our two Havanese dogs sit quietly underneath the piano as if soothed by the music. When I get anywhere near the piano, they quickly dash to their rooms wishing they could close the door and stuff plugs in their ears.