A Story A Day. Story 87 of 365: Sing.

Eliza had always dreamed about singing. She loved music, she would listen to it all the time. When she was a kid she convinced her parents to sign her up for singing lessons, but the teacher made her give up after a couple of lessons. She couldn't hit a single note, and she sounded like a cat someone had ran over, the teacher told her harshly. Eliza didn't want to admit it, but the truth was that she was terrible. Kids she babysat, would cry when she sang them lullabies. So she gave up, because what other people thought, what other people said, hurt her. And she lost her smile, just because she couldn't do what she wanted.