How Iām Learning to Feel Confident Without Approval
āChildren need to feel seen. Adults do, too.ā ~Unknown
As a teenager, I played the flute for about nine years. I never practicedāapart from that guilt-ridden last half hour prior to my weekly lessons. It was important for my parents that their children learned a musical instrument, and so I was given the flute, while my brother played the clarinet (bizarrely, because our grandmother had wanted someone to play Mozart’s clarinet concerto at her funeral).
Truth be told, I think my brother would have much rather learned the guitar, while I was very envious of his clarinet (he got around …
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