I just wanted to share a story about the healing power of the ukulele…. My 91 year old uncle has been in the hospital for a few days. He has the beginnings of dementia, and now seems to have suffered a series of strokes. I was with him most of the day yesterday and he was agitated the whole day, and so it was difficult finding out ways to comfort him. Today I brought my ukulele, because he loves music, and when I started playing it was incredible to see the transformation in him. His face lit up and he loved it, even trying to sing with me, and eventually dozed off peacefully, I continued to play softly in the background as he slept, and he would sleep for awhile then wake up and give me a huge toothless grin and then go back to sleep. My aunt (in her mid eighties) said it was the calmest she has seen him since he arrived at the hospital. It just shows the power of music and love to break through boundaries and sooth….