her play....

took a break today and ran out to see a play
that a friend of mine actually wrote!! how
cool is that?!

i bumped into her in the lobby and she grabbed
me to join her. i gasped! you mean i get to
sit with you?!! i felt famous!

it was so inspirational!
based on a book called 'a hope in the unseen.'
true story of a young black guy growin' up in the
ghetto and gettin' himself to brown university,
and makin' his way back to work in the ghetto.

the cast was almost entirely black. the audience
mixed, but mostly white. there was a questons/comment
time afterwards. in the audience was an older white
woman who actually taught at the school where the
story was based for twenty years!!! her comments
brought tears to my eyes. someone asked the cast
what they got out of the experience. their comments
brought me to tears. some of the lines in the play
brought me to tears.

i was a wee bit teary! and way inspired!

i so loved the mix of black and white and what was
being said among everyone. it was definitely a really
positive moment.

ya know, i don't have a problem in the world.
yeah, i've budgeted big time, and i know what it's
like to do without some stuff.....and i may have to
do that again....but i don't know what it's like to
be really poor. and as i listened to the mom in that
play i just cried.

the actress who played the mom commented on that afterwards.
how none of us know hardship like what that woman knew.
no kidding.
no stinkin' kidding.

my friend stood up and answered questions like an ol'
pro. well, she is an ol' pro. and i was so proud of her!

hugged her at the end and got teary all over again. told
her how proud i was of her. to create something like that...
to bring something to life like that that could touch us all.
well, i was just way way proud.

i'm inspired, i'm teary, i'm proud, and i'm hungry!
what a great combination!