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As a teenager, Judee sang in clubs and dreamed of the touring life. Somehow she ended up a single mom raising two girls. Times weren't always easy, and money was tight. When nine-year-old Julie asked for piano lessons, Judee had to say no. She never forgot the sadness on her daughter's face.

Years later, long after Judee and Julie became the owners of a thriving custom optical manufacturing business, they were wining and dining at a black-tie benefit just a few weeks before Julie's thirtieth birthday. As they browsed the items up for auction, Judee saw Julie eyeing a beautiful Schafer and Sons piano with the same wistful, pleading expression that had begged for lessons long ago. But now, Judee could do something about it.

Judee's hand was first in the air when bidding started on the piano, and she would not be deterred. This gift would fulfill Julie's long-held dream. Her daughter would have that piano! Unfettered by rules of decorum and a room full of bluebloods, Judee stood up and announced to her competitor, “You can bid as high as you want, but this is a present for my daughter's thirtieth birthday. She's going to have that piano and I'm not going to stop bidding until it's hers!”

That very piano now sits in Julie's living room, and she plays it beautifully and often. Though she's shy about playing in front of other people, she always makes an exception for her mom.

If Women Ran the World . . . Women would know that whatever we can do in any given moment is enough. As a result, guilt, beating ourselves up, and the phrase “I should” would cease to exist.