A night to remember

 

Last night was one of the most surreal, most touching, most emotional evenings I've ever
experienced. Somehow, even with all the crazy right now, I just didn't imagine Annie's
final play of her senior year would be cancelled. Yet, it was. And their final rehearsal last
evening, that I had attended in order to take photos, turned into their only performance.

I could never share all that happened or all that I was feeling. So I will just say that my heart was
so incredibly sad for my girl to have her high school theatre experience end that way. Yet the
amazing way she handled it, her selflessness in such a hard moment, the way the community
came together and came running as word got out and the sweetness of the kids' director and
teacher as he cried and cried that this was happening to them, was just something else to watch.

It was incredible. And I'll always be grateful I was there to see it all unfold.

In addition, within minutes of a reply text to my sweet sister-in-law, she and her family
were at the high school last night to support Annie. It meant more than I could ever say.
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And then Annie's cousin, who lives more than an hour away, jumped in her car and came
to the play, in order to watch Annie in the second half of the performance. I just can't even.
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That is why I will love this photo forever. Because it is of three beautiful cousins
who are darling and good and such close friends. But it also represents the
support of family in a way that just kind of blows my mind. I'm so very grateful.