Past, Present and Future Collide
Many years ago, I couldn't dance to save my life or really impress anyone. My older brother tried his hardest to help me find a beat at dances. I still struggle to find that cool down beat. If you have seen Eddie Murphy dance like "white people" that would be me. Years later, I was trying to help my daughter get ready for a Christmas duet. As I helped her find her pitch, I noticed my husband chuckling in the corner. Finally, I whipped around to ask him what his problem was. He observed I always knew my daughter was off pitch. However, I was consistently a half-step too low. He is not being cruel-- this is not the first time I have heard about this problem. It was like I was calibrated wrongly at birth. That Sunday I thought to myself think higher, think higher. I confidently plopped myself by him and sang "high". I smiled and said, "well?" "Still flat." Uggggg. You see, I have a secret dark list of things I never want to do b...