Proud Mom!

About a month ago my friend Nicole, who is over the primary program for our ward, called and asked me if Mason would sing a song for his part. My first thought was, "oh crap, everyone is going to find out my son is tone deaf!" I know, I am a horrible mother. But, because I hate saying no, I told her I would see if he was able to do it. I was less stressed when she told me that if he wasn't comfortable singing the song that maybe he could just speak the words to the music.

Two weeks later, when I had completely forgotten I told her yes, my kids parts were dropped off. "Shoot," I thought. It was Friday and their first practice was going to be on Sunday. In two days I was going to have to convince him to do the song AND teach it to him. I was shocked that he was so willing to go along with it. He said, "They want me to sing my part?" I said, "Yep!" He shrugged and said, "Okay."

Thankfully he can read now so I didn't have to teach him the words! As we started going through it, I was getting nervous because he wasn't singing any of the right notes. I turned to him, somewhat frustrated, (okay, I'm a jerk!) and said, "Mason, you want to sing the notes I am playing." Suddenly complete understanding flooded his face. He said, "Ohhh, I sing the notes the piano plays! Okay!" From then on he hit every note perfectly. I was shocked!!! I could not believe it! For the last four years I have totally thought he was tone deaf. I don't know what on earth he thought he was suppose to do, but something just clicked.

Anyway, today was the proud day! I had to wait until he went through with it to post his song. I really thought he would back out but he never once seemed scared. He has completely surprised me. He did such an amazing job and I am so proud of him! I just feel sorry for the poor guy because now his mom is going to be asking him to sing all the time. :-)

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