Hello From NH

Hi Carol, welcome to the forum.
If you can memorize pieces then you obviously have some skills to use in learning again! You will find using gentle piano that you will find time to practice because it is fun and stress free. I "learnt" an instrument as a teenager too. Sadly all I learnt was how to read music. Not how to enjoy it or hear it and produce it. Oh well, I have learnt much more about music in just 6 months of softmozart than I did in 3 years as a teenager.
Hope we hear all about your journey!

Welcome to the forum, Carol!

cmontoni wrote: Hi
I am Carol and am hopeful to finally learn to play the piano.

You definitely will!

I took lessons when I was in elementary school but it was more my moms wish than mine at the time.

This is common story I had the same. This is how Soft Mozart came to existence!

I never learned to read notes. I memorized the pieces. Even played in a recital doing so.

It sounds to me that you have good ear, coordination and muscle memory.

Now I am determined to learn to read music. This is not my first try since those younger days but the frustration at my learning pace and my work and life schedule beat me down every time. So here I go again.

Ok, we'll talk about it later, but remember the important rool about music reading with our program:

Divide pieces that you learn for reading and pieces that you sight-read. If you are getting ready to the recitals, you may use 3rd presentation, but pieces should be challenging for coordination

If you want to sight-read, choose easy Albums and read all the pieces one after another on 2, 4, 5 and 6. NEVER LISTEN TO THEM BEFORE PLAYING. Your ear will catch the tune. Try them 'dry' and after that listen