It could be that you are stuck, but from where I am sitting, where you may be stuck is not such a bad place. Your parents are already in obvious support of your piping. That is far from being in a bad place. I once had a father ask me if I thought his son's request for a set of bagpipes was wrong-headed and just downright strange. Bagpipes around here are only a little less rare than moon rocks. That young man is now a really superb piper who not only plays well, but is always well turned out when he plays them. His father is now his biggest fan. While his dad may not have been overly enthusiastic about the pipes, to begin with, there was never a time when he was not in his son's corner.

I doubt there is anything on earth that looks so much like God as two parents when they are in agreement. Yet, parents share a common trait with their children. You cannot tell them much . . . they must be shown. I don't mean a bunch of pictures of a bunch of guys doing a bunch of things while wearing a kilt. Let them see you and be with you in those circumstances so wisely suggested by Father Bill. Mean while, be the best kilted piper they have ever heard.