The Müzik Mom: Bach the Broken World: Seven Stories of Dreamers Who Never Gave Up

Imagine, a little girl growing up so poor as the oldest of 10 children in a home that had no indoor plumbing. Imagine, a little girl being raised in a hippie commune, hidden from the world, terrified that the world was going to end. Imagine, a little girl who, never went to high school, managing to graduate college, make history opening her city's first music school that was just nominated National Music School of the Year.I am that little girl. I would love to tell you a great success story. I would love to tell you how in under four years, I opened our city's first music school, added a ballet school, enrolled 600 students, won two small business awards, started an orchestra, was recognized in a national women's magazine, all while happily balancing being a #SuperWifeMom. But this isn't the story of a perfect mom, a perfect wife or brilliant business owner. My novelette, and the seven stories in this book are not simple, straightforward success stories.Each narrative here has an author who shies far away from embracing the role of a victim, because we all know that our past and our humble beginnings have made us the better and more successful versions of ourselves. For my chapter, I have carefully chosen just a few short stories of my childhood, leaving gaps and voids. Choppy cuts. Unsmooth transitions. Crooked lines with reflections of what I have learned.This is a story of how music is the miracle that actually saved my life. A story of why I spend every day of my life putting the miracle of music into the hands of any human who comes to me with an open heart. Beautiful reader, I don't believe you picked up this book by accident. Come meet my inspirational friends and read our seven stories. Come play with us. Dream with us. Fail with us. BACH the world with us. Because the world needs your story. Are you ready to sing along?