To look at Skylar Cain, you would never know that often times she is in a lot of pain. You would not know that some mornings she wakes up and cannot brush her teeth or tie her shoes because of the pain of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
According to Skylar’s mom, Michelle Cain, Skylar’s type of arthritis typically settles in one joint, but for Skylar all of her joints are affected. Numerous doctors appointments, shots and some surgery has eased the symptoms of this invisible disease. But it’s a day-to-day battle.
“She’s still a regular kid,” Michelle said.
But Skylar is beyond a regular kid. She makes straights As, has an artistic talent, landing her second place in a school district poster contest, she plays the fiddle, despite the pain from arthritis, but most prominently, Skylar is a singing sensation.
“It’s like I’m supposed to be [on stage],” Skylar said. “It’s my other home. It’s where I can let all my feelings go and let it all out.”
She performs locally with the Lanham Brothers and radio station WBKR. She has even taken her talent to the Kentucky Opry and Evansville, where she placed second singing the National Anthem for the Icemen hockey team. And Nashville is a perfect fit for this budding country star where she sang at the Nashville Palace and the Nashville Hard Rock Café.
But Skylar’s favorite time on stage was last year at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure event in Evansville, where she performed in front of 14,000 people. But it wasn’t the size of the audience that made this memorable for Skylar.
“It was for a good cause,” Skylar said. “I like doing fundraisers the most.”
With Skylar’s talent and good heart she will go far in the future. While Skylar says she is going to “try her best to be something in the music business,” she hopes more than anything to become a country music star.
To follow Skylar Cain and her promising career, you can visit her website at skylarcain.com or find her on Facebook.