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On Top of the World

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Photo Credit: Anita Porché Garcia Photography

You know that feeling when you’ve hiked up a mountain and you can see clearly for a gazillion miles in all directions? Or maybe the feeling of finally finding your inhaler and being able to breathe freely? If not, you still know where this is going, right? This. Is. That. Place. After doing the phoenix-rebuild, slowly over the last 7 years, I’ve finally gotten to That Place. There have been many celebratory highs over the last almost decade, but all have pointed to higher mountains to be climbed. This time, I can rest on my laurels, at least for a minute!

Introducing Hedreich Nichols, semi-retired musician, 6th grade technology teacher and recent Texas A&M MEd graduate (with a 4.0, no less)! This is where I’d like to insert the Bruno Mars Kiss Myself meme. There is just no way to put, jumpin’-up-and-down-thanking-God/Carlton-dance-to-“Happy”-playing-in-my-head/seeing-Michael-Jackson-Live/dog-rolling-in-grass/Spock-not-being-deaddead-in-III elation, in a sentence. Suffice it to say,  I’m really, really excited and grateful!

 

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Thankful

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Year’s end is always a reflective time of looking back as well as forward. And 2016 has given me so much to be thankful for. I hold two brand new teaching certificates and am at Texas A&M in grad school, currently holding a 4.0. My son has grown 5+ inches and now sounds like a hoarse grizzly bear. I cheered through his first school football season and applauded his first junior high orchestra concerts. I’ve looked on proudly as he arranged his first song. Yes, we’ve been to funerals and said goodbye to some people who’ve known me my whole life. And as a country, we’ve seen mass shootings, lost icons and been through a particularly divisive election year, but we’ve survived. As long as we’re still here, we can see change; we can BE change. We can be thankful for that.

At the dawn of 2017 I have much to be thankful for and something special to celebrate: hedreich.com is 10 years old this month! That’s eons in blogger years! Hedreich.com started as a fansite for all things musical with news, clips, pics and training or concert updates. Since I retired from the stage a couple of years ago and upped the time I spend in education, I’ve maintained it as a blog spot. I hope you’ll continue to visit. As always, we’ll keep a light on for ya!

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