Generosity

After the Sight Unseen show tonight the team gave me a card along with a donation from lots of improv friends to help Nicole and I bounce back from getting burglarized. It was an incredibly moving and stunning gift. An unfortunate thing happened and it was unpleasant but the outpouring of support that followed it was overwhelming, I've never felt so immediately and thoroughly taken care of, never been the recipient of this kind of kindness en masse. Nicole quoted It's A Wonderful Life "No man is a failure who has friends" and with the popularity of the film and its association with Christmas it may be a platitude at this point but that didn't undermine how right and appropriate and meaningful the sentiment was for us in the moment. The whole experience made me realize there are some things that can't be stolen. We are beyond grateful.

Our friends and family have not only given us warmth and support(both financial and emotional) but they've also given us strength. I'd like to think I'm relatively independent and capable, both practically and emotionally, and that may be true to a certain extent but that attitude can get in the way of asking for help when its needed. We all need help from time to time, whether we realize it or not, and its important to seek it out and ask for it as well as accept it when its offered. It doesn't make you weak or needy, in fact it makes you stronger. At least that's how I felt this week. Bolstered up and enlivened. Thanks again to all those who reached out with kind words and encouragement.