One of my cello teachers, many years ago, used to make me watch videos of Jacqueline du Pre performing and the memory still holds. Part mad-woman, part magician she could hold me entranced for hours. It wasn't just the music or the way she played it, it was the passion she had for it, the way you could tell that when she was on stage everything but her cello disapeared. Sadly, she died very young of MS, but even as she knew her life was ending, the hardest part for her was losing her ability to play.

Once I am settled, I want to pick up the cello again. I haven't played in over ten years, but I used to be good.