Wes Rocks It on Stage at the 26th Annual Belfast POPS Concert!

It may have been but a month ago that Wes announced he'd be joining Mariah and her fellow high school students on stage for the much loved POPS Concert. I confess, I was really surprised!



Wes began hour long, flexible once a week bass lessons with our friend Jason just a few months ago. He bought a bass, then decided he liked Jason's electric guitar better, so secured a loan from his dad for a used electric guitar. Soon he found a Black Keys song that he thought would be great to play at the annual high school concert. Mariah would play her last solo on a saxophone that's just shy of her 5'2" height as she is off to Colby College in the fall. Wes went in search of a singer and a drummer to share the stage for one act. He practiced this tune less than I imagined he needed, but enough to keep it vibrating the house and ringing in my head, daily.

If Wes had a stomach full of butterflies, he didn't let on. I imagine he channeled them into the energy he brought to the stage ~ steady, thoughtful, and open to the fun that building rhythm and a cheering audience would bring.

In the letting go of a child boyhood and learning to trust the wisdom that each new developmental stage brings, we keep growing one amazing human being!

Filmmaker, artist, creative writer, and who knew(?)...ROCK STAR
He's definitely got the hair!


A thought I have a lot these days is how through those early years and for many years he watched us, his parents, and learned through imitation, patience, guidance. And now I know without a shadow of a doubt that those tables have turned and it is I who learn every day from a shining example who takes risks not imagining failure or being held back from fear. Our children most definitely are our greatest teachers.