Getting your player ready...
Paul Aiken, Daily Camera
Boulder teacher Cara Mentzel gives a high-five to her student, Lila Robbie, during class at Foothill Elementary on Oct 6. Mentzel, sister of Broadway star Idina Menzel, penned a memoir, "Voice Lessons: A Sisters Story."“Is this good enough?”
The question raced in Boulder elementary teacher Cara Mentzel’s mind as she stretched to reach decades back into memories she shared with her big sister — Broadway, TV and movie star Idina Menzel.
“Do people care?” she wondered.
Yes, her husband, Mark, told her — put in the time and you’ll be fine.
“That’s when I decided to stop worrying about it and to do it,” Cara Mentzel said over coffee at Ozo in Boulder. “Even when I got the book deal and had to sign on the line that I would do it, I didn’t know if I could. I was betting on it, but writing a whole book is intimidating.”
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