Five years later

It's been more than five years since the last time I showed performance at a live show.

A lot of things have happened since then.

My kids have graduated...

and moved out.

This one's actually a homeowner now.

I got a job,

a third dog...

and a horse.

I travelled abroad twice.

We moved Seth's parents into an assisted living community near us.

Seven months later, we said goodbye to Chloe.

I'm currently going through a similar experience with my own mother. 

It's so hard.

It doesn't help that somewhere in the midst of that, I lost a lot of my best performance stuff in the basement flood of 2022.

I kind of figured that performance showing was a part of my old life. It was something I remembered fondly and vaguely hoped to again someday, but not now. Definitely not now.

Then two things happened.

First, a whole bunch of people got together and bought me a really fabulous, performance friendly model horse. 

Then, my friend, Heather, decided to hold a second edition of her Candyland Live show.

This mostly yellow card show also includes a ten class Themed Performance Challenge.

If there was ever a time for me to come out of retirement, this is it. Things are still very volatile in California, so I don't know how much time I'll have to prepare. Still, I have paid my entry fee and started planning. Fingers crossed. This could be really fun.