Raise your Voice

 Hey Everyone! 

Happy Thursday, I hope you all are having a great day! 

I have decided to write about one of my favorite movies starring Hillary Duff and John Corbett, and a whole wonderful cast.

 The movie starts off with a girl named Terri Fletcher who lives Flagstaff Arizona, her dream is to become a professional singer, she wants to compete in the music program that will give her a 10,000 dollar scholarship.

Her dad is very overprotective of her and he also runs his own restaurant, he doesn’t approve of her plans, he wants her to take over the family business one day.

Her brother Paul supports her and believes in her and thinks she should go for her dreams, they are very close, he is having a graduation barbecue, during the barbecue he has a fight with his dad and he ends up grounded.

 A little while later that same night Terri sneaks her brother out to a Three Days Grace Concert, they have a wonderful and fun time together in the concert, and singing to the radio on the way home.

While they are singing and talking, unfortunately they get into an accident they are hit by a drunk driver and unfortunately Paul ends up passing away.

While Terri is recovering in the hospital she learns that her brother has passed away, Terri blames herself for what happened to her brother Paul  and the outcome of what happened to him, she also decides to quit singing.

Her mom Frances tells her Paul’s death is not her fault and that he would have wanted her to attend the music program, she eventually convinces Terri to go and tells her husband that she will be staying with her Aunt Nina in Palm Desert California for the summer , as a cover she’s really going to Los Angeles California, Terri arrives in Los Angeles and runs into some problems as soon as she arrives she gets her jacket stolen, her cab driver is crabby and initially she can’t get into the Music School, she finds a way to get in and she makes some new friends.

 Terri learns a lot about music, she keeps having flashbacks about the accident, she developed a fondness for a guy named Jay who is British and a songwriter, she gets some competition from a girl named Robyn Childers who was with Jay the previous Summer.

Robyn still has feelings for Jay he doesn’t return the same feelings for her, Jay tries to get her to leave him and Terri alone, that plan fails because on one occasion Robyn kisses Jay when Terri walks in the room, Terri immediately gets upset and leaves.

Jay tries to tell her the kiss meant nothing, he has a Little to much to drink, Terri and her roommate Denise take him to get sobered up, when he does he apologizes to Terri and she agrees to finish the song they were working on together for the Scholarship Contest, well back on the home front her dad eventually finds out about Terri and where she is, he immediately gets upset and goes to Los Angeles to get Terri, he feels betrayed by his wife, sister and Terri for what they did to him,  when Terri sees him he tells her dad not to make the same mistake that he did with Paul , to not make her run away and ruin her summer ultimately Simon realizes how selfish he has been and he changes his mind.

 You will have to see the movie to find out what happens next , I can assure you it’s a happy ending and will make your heart feel warm inside and happy.

I decided to write about this movie because I have always loved singing, singing is something that makes me feel happy inside I can remember singing a lot in my childhood and growing up.

 I was involved in a lot of plays when I was younger, and I was in chorus in my high school years and Middle School Years, my uncle says I have an old soul because I love all kinds of Music, my favorite genre of music is Disney Disney has so many fun songs to sing along too, every time I watch a Disney movie and if it happens to have Music in the movie I will sing along to it and know all of the words. 

Disney is something I absolutely love and it makes me so happy, people who know me know that I absolutely love Disney,  I’m trusting and believing that my dream of Disney will come true, as the song in Cinderella goes the dream that you wish will come true, and Personality wise I believe I am like Happy from the Seven Dwarfs because, I am a happy girl and I see my glass as half full.

I also think I am like Olaf from frozen, because he’s caring and easy to love, he’s funny and sweet at the Same time, and he likes to sing too, and he likes warm hugs …. I do too.

 I love being around happy and joyful people that makes me feel happy and joyful inside. I think you should enjoy every moment and day that you are blessed with and enjoy your time with your family and friends… because you never know what will happen next.. and make sure you say everything you want to that person you are with, you don’t want to regret that you didn’t do anything while you had the opportunity or chance to say something.

I had a really kind, loving, caring, friend named Kelly she lit up every room she came in, and Made everyone feel special and good, and happy!

 For examples something that I feel bad about and reflect on sometimes is that I didn’t respond to her when she got back to me on something I asked her I was thinking I can respond later .

I’ll get back to her..I didn’t know that would be our last conversation, I know that Kelly still cares about me and knows that I care about her and wouldn’t want me to worry about it… I’m grateful and thankful for all the moments I had with Kelly, and that I got to have a Kelly experience… Cherish the moments with your friends and family you are blessed with… and go after your dreams just like Terri did in the movie.

My favorite scene from the movie is when Terri sings in the classroom, and surprises everyone with her singing voice, she even surprises her music teacher and he knows that she will go very far in her life as a singer. 

I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to watch a good family movie you will absolutely love it! Hillary Duff does an outstanding Job in this movie, you can feel the emotion and love coming out from her character. She is really one of my favorite actresses. I also like her in the Lizzie McGuire movie, that’s another good one.