From Ten Years Old to Hollywood

I finished my last of eight different school concerts this past week, and I enjoy hearing the feedback from parents and faculty at our various schools. People seem very pleased with the music program, and the progress of our music students from the beginning of the year to our final Spring concert. At one of my eastside schools, some grandparents of one of my students approached me after our concert and said "You do an excellent job, how long have you been doing this? Do have a degree in music? You look like you are ten, like one of the kids... which is a good thing!" I thought that was so funny- old people telling me that I look like I'm ten years old. I mentioned that I earned my music degree and have been teaching for 3 years.

In contrast, I had another concert at one of my westside schools this week. I really enjoy conversing with the lunch ladies at this school. They are so nice, and if they see Andy and I working on the stage, they often bring us treats. The day of the concert we had some down time after rehearsing with our students, and these lunch ladies came over and said that I have a face from television, and that I look like an actress, but they couldn't recall exactly who. As we were talking they decided that I look like Katie Holmes. So, within a few weeks, I was promoted from looking like a ten year old to an actress. Not bad!!!

Often I meet people who say I look like someone they know, either their friend or cousin, and when I went to Europe last summer, I met a darling woman named Jill in our tour group, who was from south africa. She was so sweet, and I loved her accent! She thought I looked just like Katie Holmes, and she wanted a picture of the two of us. She said that she was going to go home and tell all her family and friends that she met Katie Holmes and she is the cutest, sweetest person. I'm curious if anyone tells you that you look like someone famous or someone they know? Do you have one of those familiar faces?