Ashni's fourth recital

What a day for Ashni!

Great news was that her auntie Michelle came to be her accompanist and did a lot of last minute intensive practice with her from the night before and in the morning, which really helped her to be more familiar with her piece.

Sad news was that her brother accidentally crushed her two right hand fingers in a bedroom door hinge area. She was hurt bad and bleeding a little bit but it was the bruising that was bad. Maybe one of her fingernails would eventually fall off and grow back well. It was that bad! We put two bandaid on those two fingers and wanted to see how she would go.

Michelle did a great job telling Ashni all kinds of stories from her and Jon's childhood to make Ashni feel distracted and better while Ashni put her fingers in cold water and later under a frozen bean bag. Later on, she started to practice with Michelle.

Amazingly, at the recital, Ashni pulled it through! So well!

We are all so proud of her! I told her she was a hero today because she did the best she could despite her finger wounds.

Her classmates Anna and Nicholas came to her recital too. Nice of them!