Tonight was opening night for my eldest daughter’s latest play. This is a major event for her, for multiple reasons. First, this is the last “kids'” show she’ll ever be in; she ages out of the youth theater program after this. But more importantly, as a fine capstone to her youth theater experience, she got the role she auditioned for: the main villain!
That’s right, my daughter is playing the evil Queen Aggravain in Once Upon a Mattress, a cheeky retelling of the Princess & The Pea story. It was a really fun play, and my daughter killed it. She was born to play villains!
She’s worked so hard pursuing something she loves so dearly – what else is there in life? To work hard at something you love, and to enjoy the fruits of that labor; this is the greatest life imaginable. She’s perfect, I love her, and she makes me proud every day.
Brava, Beanstalk!
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