Celine Dion Falling Into You By -

She sat on her floor, her cello forgotten in its case, and let the album wash over her. By the time the title track, began, the percussion mimicking a heartbeat, Elena realized she wasn't just listening to a pop record. She was learning how to feel again. The lyrics spoke of a surrender she had been afraid of—not just to another person, but to life itself.

In 1996, the world felt a little larger, and for Elena, a shy cellist in a rain-slicked Seattle, it felt a lot lonelier. She spent her days in a cramped apartment, the walls thin enough to hear her neighbor’s television and the constant rhythmic drumming of the Pacific Northwest rain. Celine Dion Falling Into You By

The album became her soundtrack. It was in her ears as she finally auditioned for the city symphony, and it was playing in her head when she got the call that she’d made it. She sat on her floor, her cello forgotten