Have You Seen This? Happy Mother’s Day from Utah’s Piano Gal

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THE HEART — Thirteen-year-old Sara Arkel, aka The Piano Gal, sure knows how to tug at the heartstrings for one so young.

This week Sara released a tender-hearted cover of “When She Loved Me” from “Toy Story 2,” a song written and originally sung by Sarah Mclachlan.

If you remember the movie, the song is already a tearjerker as we see Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl’s painful walk down memory lane where she’s eventually abandoned. Add a mom element to this sentiment, and you honestly may be crying for hours.

The video shows a mom kindly and patiently caring for her daughter as she grows up and becomes more independent. The power of the video comes not from a big event or a grand gesture of love; it comes in showing the sweet, everyday moments that mothers and children around the world experience every day.

“The bond between mother and infant is so strong,” said Sara’s father, Ben Arkel, in the video description. “But as the child grows, a separation begins, and this video aims to portray that separation and also the hope that in the end the mother-daughter bond will again become strong and continue forever.”

Grab some tissues, hold close any nearby loved ones, and take a few moments to enjoy this video. After you dry your tears, call someone who has had a motherly impact in your life. Happy Mother’s Day!

Sara has been playing the piano since she was 5 years old, but this is the first time she has sung in one of her videos. You may remember her from the “Frozen Fever” viral video duet with Jason Lyle Black. Check out more of Sara’s videos on her YouTube channel.

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About the Author: Martha Ostergar \---------------------------------

Martha Ostergar is the former Video Productions Manager of KSL.com. She has moved on to write elsewhere, but she can't seem to break her habit of cruising the Internet for amazing videos and writing about them. Follow her on Twitter: @monstergar.

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