Gotta Keep My Head Held High...

So, I've had a rough couple of days...there has been people teasing me behind my back, talking about how I can't sing and that I should never sing in public again. When I heard that, I came home and cried to my mom. I was so heart broken because words do hurt.

I never make fun of anyone and I'm nice to everyone I talk to. It just hurt me to know that people were saying such hateful things behind my back. I started questioning my talent, but my mom and my friends knocked it right out of my head. A teacher came up to me to talk about what had happened and lifted up my spirits a bit. My friend, Rod, was outraged when he found out what people were saying. He and other friends tell me that they can see me all big and famous one day. It's nice to have people believe in me when I didn't believe in myself. My mom told me that I do have talent and that she wouldn't let me sing if she didn't think I couldn't.

I just didn't understand why people were saying rude things. Those words left a mark on me that had me going back and forth on whether I should audition for this year's talent show (I won 3rd place last year). I sucked up my fears and auditioned anyway. I felt good about myself afterwards.

So I'm going to sing in that talent show and knock the socks off of everyone!

I've learned that you have to "put one foot in front of the other and just keep walking on."

-April J.