Okay. I started my last session at the children's theater today. Exhausting to say the least, but how I love these kids! 

 So the play is Baby Rattlesnake. The original story is told by a Native American and calls for about 6 characters. I'm retelling and adapting for stage for 32 kids. I have to tell you, writing in all the characters and working organically from the students is like one of the most amazing things I've ever done in life. I hope one day I can translate this all to Broadway, but if I never do and just keep working with these kids, it's okay. Their youth, their energy, their enthusiasm - it's pretty damn amazing.

I know in life we forget all too soon the joys of youth. The joys of just having fun and being who you are without worrying about what anyone thinks, what any says... no walls have been built yet. Or, if they are being built they are at their very first stages. The innocence, the love, the happiness... way too cool for words to say.

 I tell you all because I want to share that youth with you. The overwhelming delight of adventure in everyday, the physical stamina and sheer joy of naivete and a young and supple heart - open for all things and finding joy in the simplest of things. No worries of bills, the mortgage, relationships... just growing, exploring, learning, experimenting. How I miss those days.

Being able to help guide them, direct them and help them find the power from within is truly, truly great. No control on my part. Just being a part of them and helping them find who they are and what they are capable of is simply magnificent.  I hope my small part in their lives helps them overcome and succeed in all that they do.

 xoxoxo