{"id":1417,"date":"2013-06-12T08:02:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T08:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2013-06-12T08:02:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T08:02:36","slug":"memories-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/memories-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The piano<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>I past the piano down to my children as my father pasted it down to me. My name is Simon and my dad taught me everything I know. I was only 3<b> <\/b>years old when I learnt how to play. When I am lonely I sit at my piano and play my favourite song, because it brings all my wonderful memories back. I am thinking about stopping because sometimes it reminds me of the hard times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>It wasn\u2019t long ago when my wife, Victoria, and I used to sit at the piano and play our wedding song. I gave Victoria piano lessons, she said it was her first ever time playing a piano (but she was pretty good). As we sat at the piano we played a few notes, then she kissed me on the cheek and went up to bed. Sometimes I still feel her warm kisses on my cold cheek. When I play I can see her reflation (as though her spirit is sat next to me). She wouldn\u2019t sleep if I didn\u2019t play the piano. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Back in time to the war, I was a medic. I still feel guilty because I told my best friend to go out and distract the enemies but sadly he got shot\u2026 \u201cIT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!!!!!!\u201d I cried to him. I tried to help him but it was too late, he died there and then in my arms. He was one of my closes friends. It was all my fault!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>On my 4<sup>th<\/sup> birthday my dad handed me a box, covered in blue tissue paper and a blue ribbon. I was so excited I quickly ripped it open. I know my mum and dad aren\u2019t rich but it was the best present I had ever been given. I said I always wanted a wooden horse, and I got it. That was one of my happiest memories I wasn\u2019t really expecting anything at all.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>On my horse I rode around the piano twice then stopped and got up on to the chair and played a few notes. I still feel like I have got my family beside, me but I am alone.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/pia-pia-piano-piano-piano-pia-pia-piano-pia-piano.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/pia-pia-piano-piano-piano-pia-pia-piano-pia-piano\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/pia-pia-piano-piano-piano-pia-pia-piano-pia-piano.jpg?fit=160%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"160,201\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pia pia piano piano piano pia pia piano pia piano\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/pia-pia-piano-piano-piano-pia-pia-piano-pia-piano.jpg?fit=160%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/pia-pia-piano-piano-piano-pia-pia-piano-pia-piano.jpg?fit=160%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1393\" alt=\"pia pia piano piano piano pia pia piano pia piano\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/pia-pia-piano-piano-piano-pia-pia-piano-pia-piano.jpg?resize=160%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"160\" height=\"201\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>Jessica Kimberley<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The piano I past the piano down to my children as my father pasted it down to me. My name is Simon and my dad taught me everything I know. I was only 3 years old when I learnt how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/memories-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7zUIZ-mR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}