I also wanted to thank you! Of course I always read all of the news letters you send out and boy did I get a SUPER surprise on this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I saw the title “A Family That Drums Together” I thought “Oh how neat! She has something about Drumming!!” (it takes me a minute sometimes! Haha). I opened it and my mouth hit the floor!!!!! I saw the link to the paused video of Tyler from 1st grade and I was so surprised!!! My eyes filled all up and I screeched for Randy to come in! THEN I started to read the amazing things you wrote about our family!!!!! Ms Debbie….. I can’t possibly put into words how you made us both feel!!!!!! It was, without a doubt, the most wonderful, encouraging things I have ever heard (or read) about our little family or us as parents!!!!! It touched us in a way that I can’t describe and meant so much to us!!!! Forget my eyes filling up… They were pouring by this point!! I guess a huge part of why is because Randy and I are VERY passionate about music. It is a part of us, a part of who we are and what we love. We truly feel both of our kids have such a special gift and we are so proud of them. We never would or do force music or anything on them. It’s important for them to discover their own passions and interests. They just seem to love music as much as we do so we are thrilled!! The fact that you saw and see that in Tyler and how far he has come already in his own unique way and then the way you made us feel about it…. I just can’t thank you enough!!!!!

I know I will keep that forever! Not only for him, because it is something I think he will treasure for a long, long time, but also for us, me especially!! For the many times it gets so tough to be a parent, I will go back and read your write-up and feel like I’m doing OK!!! I’ll never forget this!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!