This past week, my daughter lost a mentor. Denny Griffith had been the president of CCAD, Columbus College of Art & Design while she was a student there. She describes him often as such an instrumental person, a spectacular man, an artist, and a person of influence.
I always marveled at the closeness she felt toward him. And then I read one of her Facebook posts this week. She wrote: Continue reading That’s Influence!
Last Friday night, Rennie treated me to a night at the Elida High school’s presentation of Beauty & the Beast. These aren’t always his favorite things to do so it was a very neat treat for him to ask me out to “the theater”!
However there was another special thing about this one. Our former pastor’s wife was the director and Pastor Randy played Maurice, Belle’s father.
I loved everything about the evening.
The atmosphere was buzzing,
We sat near people we knew.
We watched children with excited expressions.
The set was so well done and costumes fantastic.
But of course, I loved the watching the story come to life!
One character after another made their first appearance on stage, adding their personality and flare to the dynamics. Continue reading Lessons from a Musical!
