Singing With Joy

A lot of good things happened today.  First off, I finally got around to cleaning my room, so I can actually see the floor now.  Not that it’s nice to look at, the carpet is an ugly color.  Second, while cleaning I found my taps shoes, spent a good deal of the day wearing and using them too.  It would appear that my tap skills are a little rusty.  Most importantly though, today was the first rehearsal for choir.  I’m sure I have mentioned before that I sing in the Chamber Choir at my church.  We usually stop meeting during Summer, to sort of take a break.  I know vacations are good and all, but waiting for Choir to start back up again has been pure agony for me.  It feels so weird to go that long without singing with everyone.  Especially when I go to church and people keep asking me if I miss singing up with the choir, well duh! Of course I do.  So I am so glad and incredibly relieved to be back.  And hopefully this season will go super well too.

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It’s Back!

What’s back?  My voice.  Let me explain. 

I have been fighting a bad cold that started coming about 2 weeks ago.  It was nasty too, I missed a few days of class.  Anyway, I thought I was starting to get better until Friday evening.  My voice starting to get a little funny.  For four days after that when I tried to speak, either I came out sounding like a frog or no sound would come at all.  Not really that bad since I’m a little on the shy side and don’t really talk that much.  But since I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t sing either.  Several of you may be going “huh, why’s she concerned about singing?”  Well, I sing in choir at church, I have been a member for like a year and a half.  I totally love it and I am quite dedicated to it too.  So last Sunday was the first time I wasn’t up there with everyone since I joined.  It was a little hard to watch, but it helped me to realize all the more how lucky I am to be able to sing with them when I can.  And I realized what a precious thing it is to have a voice to use to communicate and express my thoughts and opinions.  Should use it wisely from now on.  Of course I am also so very lucky that it came back today, just in time for choir practice.  Which reminds me, I have to leave for it in a few minutes.  I will do something meaningful with my voice today, won’t you try it too?

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