Playing Around

I take them to play practice a few times a week.
They are all on the timid side, two of them especially so.

The night of auditions was terrifying for them, the director made them stand on stage and sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", just the four of them.
The two shy ones stood behind me trying to hide.
The other two, hands in their pockets, looked at the shy duo, wondering what to do.
The song was sung, mostly by me, and here and there you could hear their voices.

Now it is almost a month later and rehearsals are often.
Some of my children's friends are in the play and that has really opened them up,
especially the shy ones.

They try to sing with expression and with fervor.
We tell them to give it their all.
It's beautiful to watch, because they have so much talent, and they don't even recognize it.
They sing, they try to listen to what the choreographer is telling them to do.
They hold what they are supposed to hold. They make expressions like they are supposed to make.

The play is less than three weeks away.
It seems too soon.

I see my children up on that stage and I smile, close to tears, because as I watch, I see what incredible people they are growing into.

Thank you
for this
blessed
sip of life.
~B