My sisters and I performed this song a million times.
Well, maybe not a million, but at least a thousand. We were pretty good too. I'd take the high part, Anne had the middle part and Linda took the low part. There's even a photo of us in our high-school yearbook performing the song.
And a couple weeks ago, I met a woman who toured around the world with Bette Midler as a back-up singer.
In fact, I was one of HER back-up singers. She was a guest artist at my church, and I sang one line over and over with her:
"I'll Never Be The Same".
She was NOT easy to work with. In fact, the other back-up singer and I were dismissed by her on a couple songs, and she didn't even give us a chance. But I thought, "I have something to learn here, and she does NOT have the power to make me feel inferior. I immediately felt better.
That's when I learned she got to tour with Bette.
I shared how much I admired her for not only her talents, but also for living one of my dreams. And she said "You can do it too...just visualize yourself doing it, know it, and you'll be there".
OK. Bette, you reading this? I wanna be a HARLETTE!
Wouldn't that be cool?
Here's a link to the song I got to sing with Ester Nicholsen:
I'll never be the same.
