Hooligan: Hello! Thanks so much for being encouraging. I really needed that...You're right, there are still some things I can hold on to. I'm thinking of maybe getting back into taking piano lessons and maybe I can play at some small cafes or something in the city. That wouldn't be so bad.

I just feel like I've wasted the last decade, you know? There are so many things I could have done, but my family didn't have the money to help me take lessons, so that was one of the reasons I stopped...And then my depression just got the best of me.

I also play the flute and I won a trophy for being the best musician in a band. I really wish I could have become a professional musician. Now I'm in my grad school, studying forensic counseling, and I like it a lot...It's just that I also love music...

You're right though...I still have time. Thanks so much.