@lacy2 . Thankyou, Lacy, for your lovely post. It feels good to receive your kind of understanding. I'm not that good at singing, though.
When I lived in Winnipeg, Canada, my Grade Six music teacher bent her ear to each of us to listen to whether we could sing on key or not. Winnipeg had a huge annual music festival for school children and I REALLY wanted to participate with all my singer friends. The decision was, through my tears, that I could ATTEND the festival, but I was only allowed to move my lips, and not spoil the chance of our class to win in the choir competition.
WELL, I fooled them. I burst into song with the rest of 'em!! And we WON!
HA!!! lol
Warmest regards.
Laurie