How to perform a memorable first (and last) mother-son duet at church.
1) Practice for a couple of months, making sure to push it back at least once because you still suck.
2) Finally start mastering it the week prior (think: deathbed repentance).
3) Ignore the prompting to tape the music to the stand because really, what could happen?
4) What could happen is the music will fall down in the middle of your performance (not shown in this practice rehearsal but the :50 second mark is where all the fun began).
5) When you calmly pause to pick up the music, make sure you do not place your son’s sheet over the last bars of your final page.
6) Quietly freak out when you realize your music is partially covered but you don’t dare move it for fear it will fall again so you go off your [very bad] memory.
7) Fake your way to the ending, proud of yourself that you have given your son yet another (unintentional) life lesson on resiliency and you have survived a near heart attack.
The End.
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