I would kill to have a profound musical ability especially the ability to play a piano. I started taking piano lessons in 3rd grade, after learning Yankee Doodle.

I wish my parents would have said, if you start lessons, you have to go at least a year before you stop. That way I would have either not started, or learned a good bit before quitting.

My dad grew up in a musical family. My grandfather was very talented, could play anything he got his hands on, and had a band that used to play uptown on Saturday night in the old days when they used to do that. And my grandmother could play the piano very well.

My mother could play piano a little, and my sister was pretty good at it. My oldest brother played bass in a band back in the 60's, when ever one had a band, and could play the guitar. My next to the oldest brother can play the piano really well, any can play any song by ear. He has written a few songs. It skipped me I guess.

Funny thing is I never even heard my dad even hum a note, but was looking at an old program from the church my dad used to attend when a teen, and it said, "Tonight, Violin Solo - My Dads Name He used to play the violin. I was so surprised.

I ask him about it, and he said that was the instrument he was assigned in his family. He told he hated playing the violin, and if he could have gotten the piano, he would probably still be playing.

Do you write any music? I do think I have a talent for writing lyrics, and would love to find someone that wrote music, and try and put some lyrics to it.