I like Saturdays.\u00a0 When I was young I used to think it was a magical day.\u00a0 The day was one that you could spend doing whatever you liked free from the restraints of school\u00a0and Saturday night was Big Night Out.\u00a0 A dance at\u00a0St Elizabeth’s Church Hall\u00a0and I thought I’d died and gone to Heaven.\u00a0 And yesterday was another magical Saturday; an emotional roller coaster…<\/p>\n
I had a fabulous class with my Junior Dramas at Stages Studios.\u00a0 The youngsters are so talented and I love teaching them and seeing what they’re capable of.\u00a0 Magic.<\/p>\n
And then a private lesson with a super-talented student who is almost at the end of a gruelling course and who is going to get the qualification with bells on!<\/p>\n
And then the news reached me that Anna Scher, my friend and mentor, had been awarded the MBE in the Birthday Honours List.\u00a0 About bloody time! I was beyond thrilled at the news, which brought a tear to my eye.\u00a0 This is so well-deserved – but, come on, Your Majesty, it should have been a Damehood, surely?\u00a0 Anna has had some rough times, yet she’s picked herself up and her classes are\u00a0still full to bursting.\u00a0 And you come out of Anna’s classes absolutely buzzing.\u00a0 We spoke on the phone yesterday and she was as modest as ever about the honour, yet, obviously, very pleased.\u00a0 Well done, Anna!\u00a0 Can’t wait to see you on\u00a0Friday and give you a huge congratulatory\u00a0hug!<\/p>\n
And Saturday afternoon\u00a0the Sister and I went to the Rememberance Service held by Havens Hospices for all those who died in the last year.\u00a0 Mum was visited by Havens’ Hospices at Home staff, who were calm, caring and just wonderful.\u00a0 It was, of course, a very moving service.\u00a0 I was fine until the Havens Hospice Choir started singing Eva Cassidy’s Songbird<\/em>.\u00a0 Music is so emotive.\u00a0 I started bawling and didn’t stop until the service was over.\u00a0 It’ll be a year since Mum’s death on 6th next month.\u00a0 I can’t believe it’s been that long since I last saw her.\u00a0 But one thing brought a smile through my tears and I know it would have made Mum chuckle.\u00a0 The Minister, Margaret, said candles couldn’t be lit in the chapel “for health and safety reasons.”\u00a0 <\/em>Has the world gone mad?\u00a0 If you can’t light a candle in a chapel where can you light it?\u00a0 And as the choir sang\u00a0“I believe that somewhere in the darkest night a candle glows” <\/em>from\u00a0I Believe <\/em>(and sang it beautifully) I could almost hear\u00a0Mum saying\u00a0“not in here it doesn’t”.<\/em><\/p>\n And then, a drink with Auntie and three of my lovely Cousins before they went to the theatre, and home for an evening on the sofa watching TV.\u00a0 Emotionally exhausted!<\/p>\n And so onto today…. a trip to the cemetery to lay flowers for my Dad as it’s Father’s Day.\u00a0 And a private lesson with one of my favourite people and this afternoon – Actors’ Factory and ………… Andy Murray in the final of the Aegon at Queens!\u00a0 So another emotional day.<\/p>\n And as a footnote – I’m writing this with BBC’s the Big Question playing in the background.\u00a0 Someone’s just said that those born 1945-1966 are the wealthiest people in the country.\u00a0 Have I missed something?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I like Saturdays.\u00a0 When I was young I used to think it was a magical day.\u00a0 The day was one that you could spend doing whatever you liked free from the restraints of school\u00a0and Saturday night was Big Night Out.\u00a0 … Continue reading