Nicholas is a drummer, we know this, but he picked up my guitar to keep himself from going crazy when he moved his drumset to Gino's place for band practice. The child is compelled to make music. And yup, the guitar has 5 strings, I'm not sure why he doesn't get it fixed, but he's been teaching himself how to play it the way that it is, and some of the stuff he comes up with is so impressive to me, and so tender.... Not that I'm claiming to be impartial, since you all know I think Nick is the cat's Pj's.

He's singing in this part of the video I'm listening to now. Though I can't really hear him or understand the words, he's still a little shy about that part, the song is very poignant and revealing about where he is in life right now. I'll share the lyrics and vid later if he tells me it's o.k.

Most poetic are the words of the wonderful Walter Dean Myers, love that boy...

"....He got long roads to walk down

Before the setting sun.

I said he got a long, long road to walk down

Before the setting sun.

He’ll be a long stride walker,

And a good man before he done...."