Stealing Your Limelight
Remember when I said I wasn’t competitive? Well, a lot of that changed from 12 year old Mia to 15 Year old Mia. It was late on a friday night, and Andrea (my cousin from the other post) was over. She was reading her emails and I noticed an email from her agent. I was an audition time for a tv show called America’s Got Talent. I was curious and asked her about it. She was talking about how she was going to go try out and I was getting very interested. Normally, I would just blow it off. I always believed that I had the worst luck in the world and even if I tried to send her an email I would just be disappointed. But something in my gut made me take down her email and send her my resume.
In 20 minutes, I received a follow up. I had an audition time and date, and the casting company was eager to talk to me. I was shocked. But I was so excited. Unfortunately, I was stealing Andrea’s limelight, and I knew it. I explained how the competition would help both of us and I was ready to start working on an audition song. I just didn’t want this to affect our friendship. I mean, at that time we were both working really hard to get to this audition. We were practicing for hours, and working out the perfect song for our voices. But something about this competition reminded me of Talent America. I was really nervous, I was going to be judged on my appearance over my voice. And If I went home with nothing I’d be more disappointed than ever.
So, I decided not to audition. I told my parents that I wasn’t ready to make the step into my career, and I also was coming down with the flu. I was prepared with my song. But my voice wasn’t healthy and my heart wasn’t fully healed from the last upset. I refused to answer the casting agencies calls and emails. I wasn’t going to audition. I didn’t want to be humiliated. I didn’t want to be judged.
The show left voicemails and emails. I knew exactly when and where I needed to be on Saturday April 19th, 2008. But it was Friday, April 18th. I was sick with a nasty cold and I had no voice at all.
Then, I got one more call.
