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Someday, I’m gonna . . .

I used to say that about voice lessons. I was told my singing was screeching when I was 5 years old. I was told to lower my voice. I was told, I can’t sing. I was told, to sing softly. I was told by the High School Choir Director that I didn’t have a voice. I was a junior in High School, when I heard Jennie Lynn sing a song from  Madam Butterfly. I thought I was in heaven. I had never heard anything so beautiful in my life. My heart soared and took flight!

School ended, and I married. My dreams were replaced with children and family. Divorce happened. I was a single Mom. Daily work took my days.

Time goes by- I am 27 years old. I love music, and listened to it often.

One summer, I want to visit my sister and her husband. We were listening to “Fiddler On the Roof.” My Brother-in-Law got up to get coffee. I said, “Someday, I’m gonna take voice lessons.” He walked up to me, put his face one foot from mine and said, “Put up or shut up, you have been saying that for years.” I was startled. I said, “OK, I will!”

When, I got back to the  big city, I called the Opera Company and interviewed three teachers.  When she interviewed me, she asked, “Why do you want to sing?” I said, “I have this ache in my heart, I have to sing!” She said, “If G-D gave you the desire, He would not have been so cruel as to not give you the talent. I will take you as a student.”

She told me that the ear must be trained, before one can sing. It took my ear 2 years to hear. The rest of my days are rich with daily songs. I now teach others to sing and perform.

Today is your someday. Start today!