Glee club transformed my daughter
?When I grow up, I will be brave enough to fight the creatures,? my 10-year-old daughter, Hazel, sang recently, sweetly and in full voice, to a gymnasium filled with hundreds of people. Could she have sung this tidbit from Matilda just a few months ago" No way. Spending months with her school?s competitive show choir magically transformed her.
Seriously, Glee club saved my kid.
Hazel?s entire spring has been a display of surprising new confidence and creativity. She got an A+ on the presentation element of a final project, earning props for speaking loudly, clearly and with passion. At her dance recital, this formerly shy and anxious child whipped off a front flip that made the crowd gasp. She died melodramatically as Tinkerbell?then cheerfully came back to life?in her school drama club production. For Father?s Day, she choreographed a dance to the song ?ABC? and performed it in our backyard. This is the same kid who, back in kindergarten, would cry at drop-off, refusing to go into the room and telling me ?Sometimes I can?t find my voice.? Her reading lagged?she was afraid to make mistakes, especially when reading aloud. She had countless tummy aches on school mornings. She would sometimes totally deflate at school, looking so sad and despondent that the teacher would call us in for meetings. At bedtime, she would dissolve into tears, listing off all the terrible things in her life.
Her anxiety came and went?she could also be sweet, cheerful and busy. She loved to draw...
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