A Concordant Opinion

Kendra came home very excited from choir on Monday night. At the last minute, she had decided to go ahead and join the others who were staying late to audition for available solos. She tried out for two songs, along with many others. Eventually the large groups of hopefuls were narrowed down to only five singers in each bunch - Kendra a finalist in both. In her re-telling of the scenario, she still seemed very surprised. She must have appeared so to the choir's parent helper, too, who commented, "You didn't know you had such a pretty voice, did you Kendra? Everything...your tone, your pitch..."

Although she didn't reply out loud, she recapped her thought process for me. Something to the effect of, "My parents have been telling me that for years. Now that I have a 'professional' opinion, I think I might just believe it!"

It's about time! Kevin and I have only been saying it since she was about two-years-old! I knew then that she had great pitch. While many two-year-olds were not even talking much, Kendra could sing! Not just two-year-old-ese sort of singing, either. She could hit the correct notes for any song I threw her way - from her ABC's to Sinatra. We talked about voice lessons for her before she was even potty-trained.

In recent years, Kendra has also learned to play the guitar. About a year ago, she sang a solo at church while accompanying herself on guitar, joined by Kylie on keyboard. They did such a great job! Kendra got all sorts of compliments. Even so, after that experience, she declared that she hated singing solo and never wanted to repeat singing alone before an audience. I just don't think she wanted to deal with that nervous feeling in the pit of her stomach ever again.

I'm so thankful that she stepped out of her comfort zone and was so greatly encouraged. I don't even mind that my opinion didn't matter until it was concordant with someone more experienced.