They “Accidentally” Scheduled A Family Cruise On My Birthday For Five Years — So I Started A Tradition Of My Own

with the letter, she found a faded newspaper clipping from nearly forty years ago — a review of a piano recital she had given at the conservatory, before Richard, before her parents’ illnesses, before life had intervened. The reviewer had praised her remarkable sensitivity and promising future as both performer and educator.

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