Overwhelmed...

[ladyj]

Wow! How sweet.
Trust me, the man probably gets some sort of help with his grief by taking care of you and thanking you in this way.
I lady I was just there for when her mother was passing gave me $100 out of the blue one day. I was speechless.
But, I think it made her feel good to give it to me.
What a nice thing!

 

[DuneAHH]

Speaking from personal experience...

The sensitivity of your beautiful music gift to him & his beloved Ann touched him SO DEEPLY HE WILL NEVER FORGET the comfort it brought ... and he sincerely feels he can never sufficiently gift YOU in return.

He would cherish a return note telling him your feelings while playing for his Ann...because the 1 year anniversary is ...awful. The immediate shock has worn away & the cold reality of missing her is in full bloom.

A "pay-it-forward" idea: invite him to come listen to you play, perhaps in honor of his wife's memory those favorite old hymns, for terminally ill children at the hospital or hospice.

What a wonderful gift you have!