Singing comes naturally to me. Whether in the shower or the kitchen, at nighttime studying, with music or no music, I sing. A habit, if you will, that I cannot help. Often times I find myself alone in my room with my music turned up and my eyes closed, and with my face moving with the rhythm and the feeling of the music, I sing to my little hearts content. At that moment, nothing else matters because I am so entranced by the music that not a thought goes through my mind, other than how I feel and how I sound as I sing. Sometimes I don't even realize that I am singing. I cannot help but wonder where all this passion comes from. How is it that I became possessed by singing and music?
             When I was talking to my mom just recently, I was telling her how my roommate tells me to shut up when I sing. "I can't help it", I said, "it's natural. Sometimes I don't even realize that I'm singing". My mom went on to tell me that when she was a little girl, her mother used to sing around the house all the time. She would sing to wake my mom and my aunt up, as well as to put them to bed. She would sing in the kitchen while she was cooking or while she was in the living room cleaning. I also just found out that my nonni used to take operatic voice lessons when she was young. So genetically my singing genes come from my nonni because I know that my mother isn't really much of a singer. The talent skipped a generation and was granted upon my sister Catherine and I.
             My first memories of singing, besides the lullabies my mother would sing to us every night and morning, goes back to when I was a little girl. Disney movies were my favorite, especially The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. I remember sitting in front of the television memorizing every line of every song, while even watching the movie in rewind. At school I used to sing the songs out on the playground to myself. In my living room at home I used to ...