Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
To My Mother Who Was Always There To Paint My Bedrooms Pink

About My Mom:

• Obtained an ARCT in both Piano and Singing from the Toromto Conservatory of Music
• attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York (1969)
• B.A. ('74) in Philosophy and Psychology with a minor in Music from Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
• plays the piano and organ
• has a beautiful voice and has performed in clubs, festivals, and operas and has sang for masses, funerals and weddings. She has even performed on television.
  
• parish member of "Our Lady Of Good Counsel" Catholic Church in Sault Ste. Marie
• attends mass daily
  
• likes music by Andrea Bocceli, Josh Grobin, Adiemus and Enya, and has a special fondness for gregorian chant
  
• has a larger book collection than mine
  
• really likes lamps
• my mom and i have this weird voice that we talk to each other in and we've been doing it for so long that we can barely remember when it started. It comes out most often when we talk on the phone or go out shopping together (hahaha tess me)
  
• when I was 7 my Mom introduced me to the opera 'Madame Butterfly' by Puccini and translated it while it played, which was my very first profound musical experience
  
• my brother nicknamed her 'Claudia' in 1992 and continued to call her that for a year until 'Mother' caught on and stuck. We still call her Mother to this day.