Soozie: how's your daughter?

soozievt
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:02:47 +0000

Thank you all for being such supportive people who do not even know my child!

CrabbyLady…just to clarify, the daughter that we were discussing is not the same one who drove to Alaska and was there a month ago. The one who was in the show and also in a car accident was my sixteen year old who graduated high school three weeks ago. The one who came out your way (6000 miles on the odometer!!) was my 18 year old. They had a fantastic journey and made it to Anchorage in 13 days and saw and did a few places along the way and drove up the AlCan Highway. They spent 10 days based at my brother’s house in Anchorage with side trips from there, and then flew back for her sister’s graduation and immediately left again for a six week architecture intensive at Harvard Design School where she is now. But I saw her this past weekend as she made the trek to the Catskills where my younger one was performing (she is extremely supportive sister and never wants to miss a show). The photos from her trip turned out wonderfully though~

To the rest of you guys, thanks again. My daughter’s recovery has been remarkable with lots of luck on her side and just quicker than imagined in terms of where she is at now. She did go through you know what, but that’s over and a bad memory. She just left for her first rehearsal of another show, a local professional production, never a dull moment. And she was just called to be flown to NYC at the end of the week for something. I think she was excited by that. Problem is, she is begging me to let her go on her own which I’m not anxious to do. She has never been alone in NYC and she says, but MOM, I’m gonna be moving there at the end of the summer and doing it all the time! This is true but maybe she will find her way gradually but this means from the airport and everything. But she wants to go to this appointment without a parent and I have to see. It is for less than a day and she was offered a place to stay but I think she is already drumming up plans to stay with several friends who happen to be in the city right now. I know she is growing up but this part is hard to deal with as she is still 16 and grew up in a rural area where she has never really been alone in a city but I can see she is gonna be relentless on this one.

I think all of your good wishes has been part of the recovery because someone(s) was looking out for her to let her live and then to recover and get past the terrible possible complications. And for the luck of the draw, she is able to continue to pursue her craft and her dreams. If you had seen her condition (not that I wish any parent to have to go through it), you would have also been amazed to see her dancing as if she had never had anything happen. She has had so many people rooting for her and being thoughtful, that it HAD to have helped. Thank you so much! And I hope she can give back and make a difference in others’ lives through her “gifts” to audiences in the future. Sadly many kids in these situations do not make it and she has been given a second chance and I know she does not take that lightly.

Susan