How To Deal
It always takes a horrible event to really get me to put things in perspective. Here I have been struggling emotionally with small, unimportant things. I could go into details, but they are not important.
Here what is important. My grandma is having open heart surgery early next week. I am going to see her on Monday. And you know what? Hearing people bitch about really small things gets on my nerves. I sometimes feel like slapping them and saying, “At least you are not possibly seeing your grandma for the last time on Monday.”
But I can’t. It is not professional and I don’t want to add anything negative backstage. Now, writing this could get me in crap with anyone in the cast. But once again, I am putting this out there for anyone going through anything similar.
It is natural to go through these feelings. This is not easy stuff to be dealing with- but despite all my thoughts and feelings through all of this - I am not bringing it backstage or putting my emotions on my cast. It is highly uneccessary. People are too involved with their own crap. No matter what, I don’t plan to unload my grief.
October 7th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I know it is frightening to have someone you love go through a major surgery. However, open heart surgery today is such a well established procedure, that unless she is very, very sick, she should come out just fine.
I had open heart surgery 4 years ago, and my mother a year ago and we are both doing just fine. I’m sure your grandmother will do fine as well.