This photo may not look like much...

This photo may not look like much, but it gives me a reason to celebrate. I type this as I sit at my first symphony concert in over a year. I am not playing, but I am here to cheer on a college tuba player. Our symphony audiences have always been made up the older people. The same is true tonight. But I realized, I have not seen people of this age group in quite some time. They have been in their homes, hunkering down, avoiding contact with COVID-19. But tonight, they are vaccinated, wearing their masks, and ready to come out again. And here they are, at the symphony. It's a beautiful thing. We have come along way in a year. My heart aches for the opportunities that were lost. But, I am overjoyed with the progress that has been made. I'm ready to get out and make music in this world again. Life is too short to stay inside.