(Photo credits Barbara Hayes) For The Moms Cheers to the Moms who befriended me And here’s to the Moms who persuaded me And upended my notion That volunteering required too much devotion A devotion I soon learned Was willingly given and joyfully earned I was new to the scene And didn’t know what it would … Continue reading For The Moms
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Sing It Anyway
I used to be afraid of teenagers. That was before I knew any. It was also before I was a mom. But honestly, even when I first became a mom, I was still a little afraid of teenagers. My favorite author, Fredrik Backman’s newest novel, My Friends, begins like this: “Louisa is a teenager, the … Continue reading Sing It Anyway
There’s Only This
It was 12:25 am and I was sitting in a line of cars in a quiet neighborhood. I was driving the carpool home, waiting for the kids to come out from their cast party. They’d just performed their closing show of the high school version of RENT, their fifth show in nine days. Half the … Continue reading There’s Only This
The Gift
Honoring KTC club members (photo by glmulroy) It’s been ten months and one day since the Knights Theater Company gathered in the 900 seat auditorium for what would be the only performance of “A Chorus Line”—a rough draft-turned dress rehearsal, with some incomplete costumes, a few absent students, and a soundtrack instead of an … Continue reading The Gift
Gretchen L. Mulroy 