Flashback Friday: The Forgotten (actually...never known) Solo

I love singing. I often sang solos and duets in church growing up, my BFF/"sister", Lauren, and I always "jammed out" on our guitars together, performed at a coffee shop, talent shows, etc. Well, my senior year in high school, I was asked to sing a solo in Young Women's. For those unfamiliar with my church, "Young Women" are girls age 12-18 that meet together on Sundays for an hour of the church block. I had completely forgotten I was asked to sing in church, and so, just before I was supposed to go up, I pulled out the hymn book. It just so happened to be a hymn that you have never heard of. ...or that I had never heard of. You know--those hymns that are SO unfamiliar. Well, I thought I could wing it and sight read, but it did not go so smooth. I kept hitting the piano keys to find my notes--the WHOLE way through the song. It was a disaster. I was mortified. Never again will I be so unprepared.

I wish I could say that was my only humiliating singing experience, but there are 2 more. One was with my cousins, Lyndsie and Ashley--we sang in church the Sunday prior to my cousin leaving on his mission, and we ended up laughing during the song. Then, there's Cliff's farewell. I sang a favorite song of his dad's and it goes REALLY high. I just so happened to be sick that weekend, and hardly had a voice. I shouldn't have gone through with it, but I did, and let's just say the high notes were not pleasant.

It's been a BUSY week, but an update is soon to come!