recap

In trying to encourage my co-workers to also keep a blog, I often say...you don't have to write daily---just once every week or so is good too! Now I see that I'm past a month...way past. I'm still in recovery from Defining Moments III if you want to know the truth. First of all, there are certain people that I will always think of and pray daily that God keeps healthy...especially the 90 days before a production. People like the Kerby family...and Chad Davis...and Denise Rickard....and Valerie Chinn...and Katelynn Yoder....and Steve Church...and Jim Shifflett. And altho' they've now gone on to greener pastures, the Lawrence family should also be on that list. These are people who consistently (for some strange reason) take my phone calls day or night, let me ask them some random question re: the latest crisis in production- nightmare- land, give me advice, and then continue to work with me the next day whether their advice is heeded or not. I don't deserve such niceness. But I am grateful for it. There was something especially hard hitting and intense about the show this time. It was one punch after another. People still come up and want to say something nice about it but end up crying in the middle of their sentence. I feel that way too. Anyway, I think the words on the program are worth repeating:

"The amount of effort and dedication that each and every participant put into sharing their story this time has been truly mind boggling. There have been recordings & re-recordings, video tapings & re-video tapings...pictures gathered & songs carefully selected...props garnished & costumes borowed. I, for one, am humbled and grateful. Sharing our lives with each other takes an enormous amount of courage and time and trust. Let us never take that or each other for granted."

I usually only do things in groups of three, and this was to be the end of a trilogy...but of course...it is after watching one that more folks come forward with a story. I don't know....give me a couple of years. I'll think about it.