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\nPhoto\u00a0credit:\u00a0Andrew White<\/a>\u00a0in St. Louis<\/p>\n
Hello friends,<\/p>\n
Ahhhhh…I returned home from Cancun, Mexico, on September 4, beautifully rejuvenated and ready to get back to work. \u00a0Which is exactly what I did, boarding a flight to New York on September 5. \u00a0After\u00a0teaching a workshop, piano students and\u00a0accompanying Ashling Cole in her Yoshi’s concert in Oakland, I deliberately made myself STOP and smell the proverbial roses. \u00a0I did my best to do NOTHING. \u00a0And I was rather\u00a0successful. \u00a0I read some books, I took naps, I stayed off of social media \u2013 \u00a0honestly,\u00a0I fully\u00a0abstained from\u00a0media in general. \u00a0It was lovely!!<\/p>\n
I haven’t yet curated the photos from my trip to Mexico, but once I decide which I’m willing to share (wink, wink<\/em>), I’ll post them on my social media.<\/p>\n On one of our days off in New York, I decided to finally revisit Harlem<\/a>, my old home. \u00a0I lived in Harlem for many years, but had resisted visiting because it had been a very challenging time of my life. \u00a0But\u00a0Harlem helped\u00a0build me into a strong woman,\u00a0and I felt compelled to\u00a0acknowledge that.<\/p>\n After the concert in St. Louis, Saturday night, I received the sad news that my dear Uncle Dwayne<\/a>\u00a0had passed. \u00a0Dwayne was young, 59 years old, but he had been in severe pain for a long time, due to his illness. \u00a0I had the chance to see him again on my last visit to Oakland, and will be home in time to celebrate his life with my family. \u00a0I’m glad that I was able to tell him that I love him, hold his hand and pray for him on that last visit. \u00a0I always try to remember to cherish people while they’re living. \u00a0Loss is never easy…<\/p>\n As the days get closer to my next birthday (at the end of this month), I am encouraged by the memories of my uncle, and the love that surrounds me, to seize each opportunity to give and receive love \u2013 LOVE<\/strong>\u00a0that demands nothing, is unconditional, transcendent and beautiful. \u00a0I search for moments in my day where I can share wisdom, make someone smile, encourage someone’s greatness, help someone to feel at\u00a0ease and\u00a0accepted. \u00a0Even if that someone is me. \u00a0After all, if we don’t love and care for ourselves, what good are we to others?<\/span><\/p>\n I hope that you have enjoyed the summer, and that you will take a moment out of your day to go spend time with someone you love, someone who loves you, someone who could use a hug, a held hand, a laugh. \u00a0Life is precious and we can’t take it for granted. \u00a0Carpe diem…<\/p>\n Love, Blessings & Music,<\/p>\n Victoria<\/p>\n PS In celebration of the 1 year anniversary of my first\u00a0album, “Grateful” is\u00a0now be available for free download. \u00a0Check out the links below. \u00a0Please enjoy! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Of course, if you’d like to be a Patron of the Arts, you can sign up for my\u00a0Patreon<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n PPS Bay Area students, I will be teaching on Monday, September 19 and Tuesday, September 20. \u00a0Please visit\u00a0my schedule page and sign up! \u00a0Bay Area Music Lesson\u00a0Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n Social Links:<\/span><\/p>\n Website<\/a>: victoriatheodore.com<\/p>\n Facebook<\/a>: VictoriaTheodoreMusic Pinterest<\/a>: victoriatheo On the road again… Photo\u00a0credit:\u00a0Andrew White\u00a0in St. Louis Hello friends, Ahhhhh…I returned home from Cancun, Mexico, on September 4, beautifully rejuvenated and ready to get back to work. \u00a0Which is exactly what I did, boarding a flight to New York on September 5. \u00a0After\u00a0teaching a workshop, piano students and\u00a0accompanying Ashling Cole in her Yoshi’s concert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[69,142],"class_list":["post-1876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-tour","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876\/revisions\/1879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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