I am also in Tennessee, in the middle. :-)

I don't remember what I said in the first thread, so please forgive me if I repeat myself.

I have sung all my life. I never wanted to do anything but sing. I felt like there were too few outlets for what I wanted to do, even in Nashville. So I got a real job but I kept on singing, if only for myself.

Finally, now, I am living that lifelong dream of singing. I realize that it didn't happen before because I didn't understand how to appreciate that gift. I was big-headed about it when I was younger. I expected people's compliments because I knew I was good.

Nowadays I am simply in awe when people say they like what I do. I sing for the little old lady who throws her arms around me with tears in her eyes... for the stranger who looks me dead in the eye and says Thank you for sharing, you have a beautiful voice... and for that little 3-year old boy cuttin a rug at the foot of the stage.

And I sing for my father who now listens from a star in the heavens. He gave me this voice.

I get paid now, and that's really nice. But it doesn't even come close to the gratitude I have for the gratitude of others. This is my gift God gave me to share, and just being able to share it means so much to me.

Cheers----- Kim