my mom

My mother is 8o years old. She lives in a care facility. One of the talents she’s discovered she has is in drama (something she’s never done before.) She’s been in several plays they’ve done. Their most recent play was so good that it was asked to be in a competition. They traveled by bus from Richmond, VA to Baltimore, MD, performed, and drove back home (that’s a lot for a bunch of 80-something’s—my mom is the youngest in the group.) She called to tell me that they “beat the pants off” all the other troupes in the drama competition. That’s my mom.