We never played music together in my family, except a little bit of playfullness on the piano from time to time.

On the day of my mother's funeral, in the evening, my brother and I played music together for the first time. I played my accordion and he accompanied me on his guitar. Both of us are beginners on our respective instruments, so it was primitive, but the world brightened for a little while as we played. It was good.

Carol