A Diva By Any Other Name .....

Some of you may be wondering about the whole "Diva" thing. So I thought I'd clarify.

When most people think of a Diva they think about the obnoxious, conceded, "I thought I made it perfectly clear I wanted only green M&M's!" stars of today that term has become synonymous (Yes I've pulled out the $25 words)with. But that is not really what a Diva is all about.

A Diva is a singer who has an eight octave range (OK, maybe it's not as easy to reach all the octaves as it was when I was in my 20's and 30's), has been around for a LONG time, and has the power to really belt out a tune. A Diva also has a certain amount of grace and elegance about her. And, yes, I do qualify on all counts. Be that as it may, please don't think I had the audacity (another $25's) to bestow this title upon myself. Heavens no.

A few years ago, Robert and I regularly attended a friends Karaoke show and eventually helped her with it. When she would introduce me she would call me the "little lady with the big voice" and then somehow she called me Diva (in the best sense of the word) and it just stuck. Now more people know me as Diva than as Cheryl and, I have to say, I wear it proudly.

So the next time you hear someone being called a Diva ask yourself "Are they really a Diva, or are they just a spoiled, self-absorbed, over paid brat giving true Diva's a bad name?" And who knows if you look deep inside, perhaps just perhaps, you may have a little bit of true Diva in you too.