Saturday 9

I Learned from You

Hosted by Sam!

Welcome to Saturday: 9. 

Saturday 9: I Learned from You (2007)

... Because it's Father's Day weekend.

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This song is a duet by the father/daughter team, Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus. Is your family musically inclined?

I took piano lessons for 12 years,  but don't play much anymore...  We made sure our daughter   learned music.  She took violin   from age 4 through college...  played in our local youth Symphony  and college symphony.  She met her husband, Joshua  through violin and he and she played in his quartet from high school through college.  He plays in  their  Park Street Church of Boston  orchestra.. So I'd say it was a family effort!  Amanda, also, loves to play the piano..  She took lessons through HS and college, as well.

When Amanda was  Sophomore in High School and Joshua was a senior playing at a wedding on the lake!

2) This song is about life lessons. Who has been a major influence on your life?Of course, my parents in the most loving and caring way...  but more as an adult..there were some  wonderful Christians   I knew from a previous church  who  helped me in my spiritual formation.. through intense Bible Study ,   and by example, Marlene, Doris, and Jim...  they all taught me various components of  life in the Spirit!  Thankfully, I still see Jim   and Marlene  fairly regularly  in a prayer group...  Doris  has graduated on to heaven!!  Bless  her  beautiful heart!

3) Miley's given name is "Destiny." Her nickname as a baby was "Smiley," which is where Miley came from. What's something that can always be depended upon to make you smile?  The presence of the Lord in my life.  Seeing  Jesus in my husband and our  children!

4) Miley's father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, has 5 children in addition to Miley (6 in all). Are you the oldest, the middle or the youngest sibling? Or are you an only child?

I am an only child

5) Sam's own father often traveled for business, and always remembered to bring her the little complimentary soaps, shampoos or body lotion he got from the hotel. Tell us about an inexpensive but treasured souvenir from a trip you've taken.
When Hubs and I lived in Germany  we loved to  take day trips around the area  near the Oden Wald  very near our house.. These were mountains    and every few miles there would be a castle situated atop  a mountain...  some  ruins, others   in  good fashion..  Sometimes as we  walked around  the castle a small stone would have fallen from the battlements so I'd pick it up and put it in my pocket.. I have a small collection of these rocks.. one from a castle very near us   whose rocks  had a pink hue  from its minerals, and another from Frankenstein's castle  whose rock was actually black.. very foreboding!

This  castle was named thus  because when Mary Shelley visited there  she came away  disturbed by the  darkness she felt there and    the tale of the despot who built it and lived there...   Baron Von Frankenstein ..  so  she went back to England and penned   her story!

6.  Back when Miley was in High school, it was her father who gave her driving lessons. Are you patient when teaching someone something new?

I always try to be..   everyone comes to the table  at various stages of growth and development whether they are  6 or 60!

7) Sam's father is easy to buy for: every year he wants a new pair of loafers, so every year for Father's Day she gives him a DSW gift card. Is there anyone on your gift list that you find it easy to buy for?

My husband because, as usual, he  has gone before me,  ordered exactly what he wanted online and  it  arrived  yesterday!

8) For family barbecues, Sam's dad dons his "Kiss the Chef" apron and mans the Weber. What's the last thing you cooked on the grill?Oh, my,  I don't do the cooking on the grill.. Hubs does and about 3 weeks ago he  grilled burgers for our dinner.. Since then we did go to a beautiful cookout with friends over Memorial Weekend!

9) Sam's father satisfies his afternoon sugar craving with an almost endless stream of Butter Rum Lifesavers. When you crave a snack, do you usually reach for something sweet or salty? BTW, I love Butter Rum, too!!!

I have a sweet tooth that must be assuaged.. We keep a large bag of peanut M and M's in the freezer and  I nibble small handful(about 10 )  usually hits my  sweet spot!!