A while ago (actually a few years ago) I celebrated my 30th birthday in Vancouver. I needed to get away from it all, and get my sushi fix at my all-time-favourite restaurant (Kingyo on Denman Street). After dinner I walked around the neighbourhood, and sat down on a small bench in the West End district to listen to some music I heard coming from the apartment building behind the bench. It didn’t take long until a lady walked by and noticed I was listening to the music. She sat down and shared the story I now share with you: the music was played by an older couple living on the top floor of the building, and they regularly played their piano and many (!) other instruments with their balcony doors wide open. On New Years Eve, every year, they would play “Old Lang Syne”, right at midnight, to ring in the new year. Although I’ve never met them, and without them knowing it, they’ve played for me on my 30th birthday – and made an impression on my special day I’ll never forget. Thank you.
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