THE TIME OF MY LIFE

I HAVE ENJOYED MUSIC EVER SINCE I WAS A SMALL CHILD LIVING IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA. WE HAD A BACK PATIO WITH A LONG PORCH. DURING THE DAY I WOULD GO OUTSIDE ON THE PORCH AND SING MY HEART OUT. I WAS ALL OF ABOUT TWO WHEN I STARTED TO HAVE THE TIME OF MY LIFE.

AROUND FOUR YEARS OF AGE, MY FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUT ON A TALENT SHOW. I SANG A SONG AND WAS VERY EXCITED THAT I WON FIRST PRIZE. IT WAS A LITTLE BOOK FOR ME TO READ.

AS MY YEARS MATURED, I HAD MANY EXPERIENCES GOING TO CONCERTS WITH MY SISTER AND FRIENDS. FOR ONE SUMMER I REMEMBER GOING TO NORTHRIDGE PARK AND SEEING AND HEARING MANY GROUPS PERFORM. I EVEN GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE GROUP CALLED THEM. I THINK IT WAS VAN MORRISON. WE TALKED ABOUT LIFE AS A SHORT PERSON. HE WAS A REALLY COOL GUY.

THERE WERE MANY OTHER EXPERIENCES THROUGH MY LIFE WHERE MUSIC WAS PREVELANT. WHEN I WENT ON A CRUISE SHIP THERE WAS A TALENT SHOW THAT I WAS A PART OF. I CHOSE THE SONG "I WRITE THE SONGS". IT WAS ONE OF THE ONLY SONGS I KNEW ALL OF THE WORDS WITHOUT A PROMPTER.

I THOROUGHLLY ENJOYED BEING ON STAGE UNDER THE LIGHTS WITH ALL OF THE AUDIENCE CHEERING ME WHEN I HIT A HIGH NOTE, AND AT THE END OF THE SONG. WHAT AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE.

FOR MANY YEARS I DIDN'T ATTEND CONCERTS, BUT I KEPT ENJOYING LISTENING TO MUSIC AND SINGING RIGHT ALONG WITH EACH ARTIST ON THE RADIO OR ON A CD I WAS LISTENING TO.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS CONCERT GOING BECAME SOMETHING I COULD ENJOY AGAIN. SEEING ARTISTS SUCH AS ELTON JOHN, LIONEL RICHIE, STEVIE NICKS, TRACE ADKINS AND KEITH URBAN HAS BEEN A DREAM COME TRUE. MY SISTER AND I EVEN GOT A HIGH FIVE WITH KEITH URBAN AS HE CAME DOWN THE ROW WE WERE SITTING IN AT THE CONCERT.

FUN TIMES ARE ALWAYS IN STORE FOR ME, AND I THOROUGHLY ENJOY BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE TIME OF MY LIFE. I WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SONG IN MY HEART.