Every year around this time kids perform in their holiday concert. For many schools it is the most well-attended 1 of the year. In years past, my daughter has joined her classmates in singing. This year was
2 though. She had a few speaking parts.
My daughter was very 3 about earning these parts. Yet with her excitement also came some nervousness. She repeatedly practised her lines until she knew them by heart. And, each day her class would prepare for what was going to be a special 4 .
Each day she would tell us that she did well but that she was very
5 . She was worried that people would 6 her if she made a mistake. Besides, she was worried about 7 in front of over a thousand people.
Then the 8 night came last week. We luckily got front-row seats, which was great for 9 .
When the time had finally arrived for my daughter to recite her lines, she did it 10 . But she thought she had made a mistake, and I could see that she was close to 11 when she had finished her first part. You can only imagine how 12 it was for me not to run up on stage and hug her and tell her how much I love her. What happened next was the reason why she is now my 13 .
She went back up to the microphone two more times and spoke her lines perfectly. It is her 14 that I will never forget. I will not
15 myself in any situation as long as I remember the night when my daughter showed me what real courage looked like.
