I know a lot of kids wanted to be famous growing up. But I REALLY wanted to be famous. It was my all time dream to be like Hannah Montana. I mean it really would have been the best of both worlds... until she grabbed that wrecking ball, but whatever.

For real, though, I dreamed of walking out on my own stage, lights shining, and a huge crowd getting excited for my show. The thought of people loving my voice the way I loved other singer's voices was so enticing to me.

I started out singing at church on stage after the service. I sang my heart out to "Jesus Loves Me" on multiple occasions. I tried out for every musical I could. I joined show choir at school. I wanted to be magically discovered for my voice.

In high school, Youtube got super popular so I decided to make an account and upload videos of me singing. I realized that it was very hard to catch people's attention on it without subscribing to a million other channels. I kept at this, hoping that I would catch a record label's eye eventually and I would make a break. (In case you're ever curious, my Youtube channel is fiveeight13).

My parents are very level headed and encouraged my dream but also let me know that the chances of people making it in the music industry are slim. Nonetheless, I had my goals in sight and my heart set on being famous.

As high school came and went, I recognized that I had a pretty decent voice but I didn't have all the tools needed to really make it big. I began to put that dream on the back burner. Then during my freshman year of college, America's Got Talent announced that Boise was on the audition city list. I knew I was going to try out even if I had to walk there. I prepared a song, but I did it pretty much on my own. I tried out and poured every ounce of passion I could into that 90 seconds. I was hopeful I would get a callback.

Nope. Nada. Zilch. I didn't get anything. I was disappointed but I also realized that a TON of people in America can sing, so maybe they were looking for something else.

I guess for now I will just stick with singing the national anthem at sporting events.

I may not have gotten famous for singing, or become the next Hannah Montana, but I have come to terms with it (kind of).

Of course I will always have a part of me that wants to be discovered, but for now, I am pretty content singing in the shower or to annoy my husband when he wants me to be quiet. That's pretty fun too.