Stage Fright

I have a confession to make. I am the worst person to ask to go onto a stage. Really. I don't know what it is, or why I go crazy when I have to climb up the steps to stand on a stage, but it's weird. Every year, my homeschool group does something called "History Day". That's where people can have their moment of fame and play a character from history. I was always forced to do it. I'm not staying that it's bad to go on stage, but I always preferred to be in the audience. Anyway, I played Queen Isabella and this other guy in the homeschool group played Christopher Columbus. Our moms made sure that everything was perfect; we had identical cards with our lines on them, and each of our lines were highlighted. I even had a pretty Spanish-y dress to wear. (By the way, I was about 8. A very mature 8 year old, I might add.)    :o) Well, in the middle of our 5 minute speech on the church stage, I felt a little odd. I leapt off of the 3 foot stage, ran down the center isle, past all the shocked homeschool families, and...... well, the rest of the details aren't important. Suffice it to say, that I felt really sick to my stomach. So, for the past 3 years I've avoided getting up on the stage. Of course, there WAS the big Christmas play horror story, but I'll save that for another day! : )

~Katie