Hidden Talents

By Tina

I always thought that my one talent was being able to play sports! As time went on I realized that music would also have a special talent hidden inside of me. I guess it all started when I signed up for a singing part in a recital. I was just meaning to do it as a joke. I guess when I sang the judges heard something inside of me. I was now singing in a recital! I would be singing in front of a thousand people! Something that started for fun was now something serious!

"Mom, I can't do it!" I would say.

"Of course you can, you've got talent!" she would reply.

I practiced every night and day. I thought I was horrible, but I kept practicing.

Then the opening of the recital came. It was my turn to go on stage. I panicked out there on stage. You can say I froze. Sweat was dripping down my face, my knees were trembling, and my face was burning hot. The music started, the dreaded sound rang in my ears, the music started again and I began to sing. The whole time I was thinking of what would happen after I was finished, my legs were shaking, I was running out of breath, my mind was scrambling, what would they think of me, would they start laughing, but I kept singing.

When the song was over everyone stood up and cheered. I bowed and ran off stage. I was so happy that it was over but at the same time I was happy that I had experienced such a wonderful thing in my life that I could share with my children some day. It's a feeling that makes you feel so proud of yourself, a feeling of complete happiness.

I will always remember the day I put aside the nerves and butterflies and sang with my Hidden Talents.