Bagpipes

So today I look at last night's post and am appalled that I misspelled massage school.Geeze...I mean if I want people to know vintage mimes are literate,I need to at least spell things right....or at least use spell check.The horror of it all!OK I am over it...

So what is it about hearing bagpipes that bring tears to my eyes?Last week I went to a special mass at a Catholic school to honor the 5Th graders moving on to the Middle school.My God daughter was one of the 5Th graders.So the bagpiper(?) starts playing and processing down the aisle in full uniform...followed by the 5Th graders.I tried not to, but I burst into tears...I tried to do it quietly but I still burst.....I looked around me and several others were "bursting" too.The piper was not even playing Amazing Grace...he did that later and I burst again.

I remember when I was about 6 years old...going with my dad to see the drum and bagpipe corp....I did not appreciate it at the time.It was really quite boring....but I remember seeing tears in his eyes too.....every year he would go and buy one of their LP records....However,when listening to recorded bagpipe music,I do not tear up and as far as I know neither did my father.