Wander With Wayne

On Tuesday afternoon Noell rushed from Diamond Fork Jr. High School, where she is a student teacher. Myranda came from the high school, and I left work early. We all met at the Payson Jr. High School to hear Tanner be judged as he played a trombone solo. From my perspective, he did exceptionally well. He played "Suprise Symphony Variations." After he played, we had the opportunity to listen to about six other soloists. There was certainly a variety of quality levels. Some of the students sounded like they began playing their instrument last week, and others sounded like they've been making music most of their lives. Tanner has been playing the trombone since September. Superior Pin Thanks to Myranda, we have the entire solo on video. I was so excited to watch, I didn't even think about recording. Evidently, I'm not the only one who felt he was excellent. The judges rated him as "Superior" (the highest rating). For a young man who began to pla...

For years Mom wore her "mother's-ring," which her children had given her, on the same finger as her wedding band. The mother's-ring and wedding band had been connected by a jeweler (for the rest of this written story, I'll call these two connected rings her "ring"). She wore her ring as if it were her wedding ring.  After her father's near-fatal car accident in 1995, she continued wearing the ring on her left-hand ring-ringer and added her grandfather's wedding band to her right middle finger. Her father had allowed Mom to give her grandfather's wedding band to David at their wedding. A ring on each hand, her wedding/mother's -ring on the left and grandfather's ring on the right symbolized the most important things in her life. One day (around 2010 or 2011) she was at Fred & Cherilynn's home giving piano lessons. As she was visiting in their kitchen, before saying goodbye, she heard a tinkling sound. Startled, she re...