Friday, July 10, 2009

Actress?

My mother had a good friend named Kunish that was a writer. She wrote commercials for the local radio station and plays for our church. I remember one that included a lot of hot dogs. I know we ate a lot during the production and I still like to eat cold ones, Then I helped with the little children in the cradle roll and one Sunday we put on a play during church. I was Mother Nature. Since the kids knew me we got along fine and they were great. Then one Sunday we put on a play and I was a daughter who had died and Jesus brought me back to life four days later. At Christmas time I stood on a board and was one of the angels that helped with the Christ Child. The church was always cold and we wore flimsy dresses and stood on boards. Then when I got to high school there were the plays. Since my aunt was on the school board I always got to be an extra. Once I had 19 lines put had to have someone push me on the stage at the correct time. In my Junior year I had the lead in the play we put on before the Junior Senior Prom. I was Mother Goose - that was the lead. All the other people were characters in nursery rhymes. When I got to college my husband to be was always in plays and signed me up. Once I know I only had a few lines and discovered the body of the murder victim which was my husband. He was a mailman stuffed in a closet by the murderer. I have now given up my acting career for the good of the world so it is safe to go to the theater.

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