Some parents sit through interminable football games, baseball games, soccer games, and basketball games, but the Simmons are known to sit through plays, lots of plays. In high school Erin had the lead in Fiddler on the Roof, Joel was a freshman and had a few lines, and even Jack got recruited for a wee part. We sat through all the performances, every one. We knew the songs, the lines, the pauses, and the backstage drama. Recently in the Lamar high school auditorium, a rat fell out of the ceiling on to the audience members just to the right of Shari and Glen, so in the future we will wear closed in shoes and a hat.
We have had a few years off, so we were delighted when the faculty of Friendswood high school put on a production of Steel Magnolias. We all met in Galveston for a Saturday night in a high school auditorium. Erin played Shelby, a newlywed who loves pink and is known for her postive outlook on life. Not really much of a stretch for one Miss Erin Lynds. We all KNEW she wasn't going to make it to the last scene. We KNEW about the armadillo shaped groom's cake, we KNEW that Truvy wears a size 6 shoe, but a 7 is so comfortable she buys an 8. We KNEW time marches on, across your face. We KNEW Weezy wasn't mad, but had just been in a bad mood for 40 years. We KNEW about the diabetes. We KNEW she shouldn't put her body through a pregnancy. Did that stop the bucket of tears in our row? Not for a second.
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