It’s a bittersweet thing to write about this. David has loved drums since he was a little boy — always drumming on something or another. This naturally led to him learning how to play drums and becoming quite talented at percussion. He’s had a full drum set sitting in our front room for as many years as I can remember. Now that he’s turning 18, getting ready to graduate and formulating his plans for after high school, he’s decided that he wants to sell his drum set. I admit the prospect of having that monstrosity out of my living room is appealing, but I’ll be sad to see it go, too.

Maybe instead we could settle on an electronic drum set. Something that doesn’t take up as much room, yet delivers the same sound and playing experience. I hate to see him turn his back on his drums and it seems like an electronic version of the same thing would fit our purposes well.