As regular readers of this blog will know, Adored Wife deals with chronic nerve pain and a host of other fun and enthralling challenges.
She's also very passionate about and involved with the local community theater. I'm a theater geek myself and support her interest (although sometimes I think she needs to pace herself a little more carefully.) She's had to make all kinds of accommodations and adaptations regarding her health issues to be able to do what she does, and a lot of the other volunteers at the theater have ALSO made accommodations for her. (She does a lot of work over there--they consider the flexibility well worth it.)
On the artistic side she's been an actor, a producer, a director, a stage manager, a "food props" coordinator, on numerous occasions. On the management side she works extensively with facilities and concessions.
She's never before run lights or sound for a show from the tech booth, and wanted to try that out. So, for the theater's recent production of "The Chalk Garden," she stayed in the booth and ran the lighting board and sound computer from there.
Climbing or descending stairs takes her a little longer than it does most people, so she allowed herself extra time. During intermissions and longer scenes with no lighting changes she sat down on the stairs and leaned back against a pillow she'd brought for the purpose, to take a little of the strain off of her neck. And, of course, she'd come home from a show absolutely exhausted and need to lie down for a while, but that was all right. It was only about six performances and a handful of rehearsals so it wasn't so bad.
And she had fun, and she can check that off her list. Determination--you gotta love it.
Hope all's well out there, friends, and God bless.
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