Such a beautiful story, Rochelle and you tell it well. I had an uncle who I credit my interest in writing with, but sadly we’ve drifted apart once he got married. He was only 11 years older than me.
I am naturally a very encouraging person but I’m amazed at how people can those cold water on a young person’s dreams. That said, it can be challenging as a parent when your children choose something which is difficult to make a living or they clearly don’t have the goods for.
My daughter has only just turned 12, but she is a beautiful dancer. However, her dance school promotes all sorts of musical theatre auditions and we always apply.
She went for her first audition two years ago, which was for the Sydney production of Andre Lloyd Webber’s the Sound of Music and she was going for the role of the second youngest Von Trapp. When she came home and told me about it, it was like she’d asked me to fly to the moon and the whole thing was totally beyond me. However, at her insistence, I sent off the application. To my surprise, she got an audition. Unfortunately, she also had vocal nodules at the time so she had no chance of getting through and the audition process started with vocal, and she’s stronger with dance.
JUst to complicate matters, I developed a severe lung infection and it set my asthma off and I was attached to the nebuliser and playing the songs on the keyboard. Today, she was back in Sydney for another audition. This time she received a callback but not a final callback. Yet, we had a great day in Sydney and it was an encouraging experience.
So, she is also training me up in a sense and I am also needing encouragement that I can do a good job as her Mumager. Most of the time, that’s another job I do for myself but I know she appreciates it and I hope it also shows her that I believe in her.
xx Rowena

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