Thanksgiving thoughts and God’s Grace
God’s light is all around me, this is what has happened since my traumatic experience.
–Shows were cancelled thru Thanksgiving weekend so I was able to spend time with my family this weekend. I went down to Atlantic City to spend time with my sisters, niece, nephews, cousins and aunts. It was very special. I had two thanksgiving as one of my sisters, Wasana, cooked a meal with her husband Shawn, and the next day we had another meal with my cousin Diane. I brought Erin Cherry with me and she had her meat for the year between the two Thanksgivings as she is a vegetarian.
–I am still in the holding bin, waiting to get back on stage with my comrades at Cyrano…We have lost a total of 19 shows because of this strike and counting. I ran into a few of the Cadets and other residents of Arras last week when I went to sign in at the theater. I was only able to do it a couple of times as I was obviously not doing well. But nonetheless it was great to see them. They were all so sweet, gracious, and supportive.
–I also saw Lara Maerz who did not get to see my show becasue of the strike, but she flew out here from Missouri! She heard of my mugging and happened to have an ipod nano that she found on her transfer in Chicago and passed it to me. So, at least I can listen to music again. Thanks Lara! She also brought sweet faced Lesley Hilton to see me whom I haven’t seen in years and whom she ran into on the plane in Chicago, and along with Yvonne Campbell we all went out to eat at my fave thai place, Pam real Thai food, where pam, kept sending out appetizers for us. I received gift cards from Kathleen & Ibanez, Peter Kowalski, and Holley & John Williams, all of whom are on our board, so that I could get a new ipod. Thank you so much for thinking of me…I am going to use them to purchase a better ipod than the one I had. My friend Craig happened to have an extra Treo 755 that Sprint sent him, and he gave it to me hearing of my ordeal, and that my phone was stolen. Cherry has been working for me the last three weeks at Republic, and as I said earlier was able to spend Thanksgiving with me and my family. I received numerous cards and tons of well-wishing from friends from school, filled with support and love and goodies. Paul and Sara Rolfes came over and spent some time with me just before Thanksgiving and i got too see there beautiful daughter Anna Grace. I slept in my Grandmother’s bedroom over the weekend and last week when i was ill, and she visited me in my dream and told me I was going to be ok, gave me a hug, and then I asked her, “How do I know when you are around?” and she said, when you feel like someone is watching you it’s me” I cried in the dream and woke up so rested. I’ve been getting stronger since.
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and remember the positive things in life, the things to be thankful for are more worth your time and efforts and feelings. I know this event has made me do so.
