Acting Without the Drama

October 18, 2009.  Pretty much every week, we call our parents.  I know that talking about family and life may not always seem to have much to do with art and acting, but I’ve found that connection is connection, regardless of what part of our life we find it in.

When we call, we have the kids talk first, and then we take over once they’re done.  The children usually take about ten or fifteen minutes.

Today they talked for, like, an hour and a half.

It was pretty stinkin’ cute.  Even the little one chatted for quite a while on her own.

They just hunkered down and talked and talked and… talked.  And my parents loved it.

Sometimes I forget how much the simple act of connection means to all of us.

When I was about twenty, I lived in Spain for a couple of years.  I missed my family, but it didn’t bother me that we weren’t able to constantly talk with one another.  I prided myself on the fact that I wasn’t homesick.  No biggie.

In retrospect, I’m pretty sure that I was just disconnected.

I love my family.  And I can honestly say that the disconnect during that part of my life led me to be much more aware of how often I stay in touch with them now.  So, while I regret the disconnect then, I’m grateful for the connection now.

And that’s really all that we can do, right?  Keep looking at what we’re doing and assessing whether we are more or less connected than we were last year, last month, last week.  If the answer is more, great!  What can we do to connect even further.  If the answer is no, great!  What can we do to re-establish that connection.

I’m grateful for the time that my kids had to stay connected with my parents.  I’m also grateful for the time that I had to do the same.

Connection is such a beautiful thing!

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