I no sooner promise I'll be blogging more, and then my blog falls silent for far too long. I apologize! There has been so much activity over the past few months, I'm not sure where to start.
I joined a group of fourteen local folks for a weekly 'class' in writing monologues. There was no prompt or suggestion about what to write. Little did we know that the instructor would 'tie' our monologues together and the result would be a full scale play. And little did we know that play would be presented at a Sunday matinee, to a full house and a standing ovation. It was quite an experience. My monologue was about coming out to my Mother. I was proud of both of us as I shared our journey out loud.
If you have followed my blog since the beginning, you won't recognize Mr. Ryan, who is now 18 and just graduated from high school! He's off to college in Virginia and there's no doubt his household and our family won't be the same without him.
I know I should do a separate post or two or three about our spring trip to Southeast Asia, and maybe I will. But for now, here is the smallest snapshot of our experience in Vietnam and then a short time in Hong Kong. Incredible. I'll let the photos speak for themselves, except the very last one.....
This shot is from our rickety boat trip down the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Most of the families who live along the Delta are rice field farmers, and they are very poor. This is a typical home. This leads me to a major awareness our trip to Southeast Asia gifted me. We are all connected. Living in America is lucky. And, even with great poverty, parents love their kids and families matter and national pride isn't only the privilege of industrialized countries. The people of Vietnam were gracious and kind and fun loving.
