A few months ago my friend Heather came to my door.
It was a Wednesday night, 9:30ish. She had papers in her hands.
"You didn't come to the auditions"
"No, I decided that it wasn't something I was ready to do.. and I'm just really trying to protect my time, and I feel like I'm busy all the time. I want to be able to spend time with people... not commit to something else. And... it's a monologue. I've never done a monologue! I can't do one! That's scary stuff!"
I was totally making excuses.
"But I saved one just for you... it's the shortest one... and... I think that you're the right person to do it!"
She hands me the papers.
"but.. uh. oh. but. Well, come in... do you want some tea? I'll read it, but I'm not promising anything."
We sat down, sipped tea.. visited... and then Heather asked me to read it out loud.
I could barely read it out to her.... I started blushing on the first line.
The words on the pages were not words that I say out loud.... hardly ever.
And then she sucker punched me.
"if you do it, we'll get to hang out every week, just us... for a little bit each week, and we can make it fit with your schedule... so it's like the best of both worlds, you'll get to do a show, and have time with me!"
It was a Wednesday night, 9:30ish. She had papers in her hands.
"You didn't come to the auditions"
"No, I decided that it wasn't something I was ready to do.. and I'm just really trying to protect my time, and I feel like I'm busy all the time. I want to be able to spend time with people... not commit to something else. And... it's a monologue. I've never done a monologue! I can't do one! That's scary stuff!"
I was totally making excuses.
"But I saved one just for you... it's the shortest one... and... I think that you're the right person to do it!"
She hands me the papers.
"but.. uh. oh. but. Well, come in... do you want some tea? I'll read it, but I'm not promising anything."
We sat down, sipped tea.. visited... and then Heather asked me to read it out loud.
I could barely read it out to her.... I started blushing on the first line.
The words on the pages were not words that I say out loud.... hardly ever.
And then she sucker punched me.
"if you do it, we'll get to hang out every week, just us... for a little bit each week, and we can make it fit with your schedule... so it's like the best of both worlds, you'll get to do a show, and have time with me!"
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Ah, so proud of you, you did it so very well! : ) Love you Lesley!
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