Adored Wife's Show Goes On!

Adored Wife's show is up and running! What this means is that her job is in effect finished. After dress rehearsal the director officially hands over the reins to the stage manager. (In practice of course the director often stays involved with the production at the very least providing troubleshooting and moral support for the entire run of the play.) But I'm very proud of AW. She's been involved in theater, on and off, for decades in many different capacities, but this is the first time she's directed. She's asked for advice from a couple of good resources she knows, but this has all been very much her responsibility. And she'd done a good job, and she has a good show she can be proud of. And she's done it despite the fact that she can't recognize people's faces or often remember their names, and despite the fact that she can't always come up with the word that she needs when she needs it, and despite the fact that she's prone to anxiety and panic attacks. Add to that the fact that she had to have a bed in the rehearsal space because she can't be upright for more than half an hour or so without having to lie down a while to take the pressure off her spinal cord, and you've got an impressive amount of obstacles to overcome. Plus the play is hilarious. Congratulations, AW. I'm proud of you and I love you. Of course we're looking forward to the show being over so we'll get you back at home every so often. Community theater is a time-consuming hobby, isn't it? Hope all is well out there, friends, and God bless.