💃 | shake it off.

Me? Really? Oh, um, well... okay!

I think the best way I’d describe myself is a hardworking wife and mother to twenty-five (no, that’s not a miscount, I promise) wonderful yet very rambunctious little piglets, all of whom I work my tail off to help take care of alongside my dear husband, Norman... though, for a while, it seemed like I was doing most of the heavy lifting getting them clean and fed and ready for school while he was at work – not that I minded much... mostly.

Aspirations? Well, of course I had some. Who wouldn’t dream of singing or dancing or just enjoying letting the music play? But, y’know, you settle down and start a family, and... most of those hopes kinda get set aside. Though if you’re reading this, then you probably know for a fact by now that I somehow managed to make those dreams into a reality once I became a part of Buster Moon’s theater company – something I didn’t picture myself ever trying out for, but I wanted to prove myself, that I could still do what I wanted to do, even with my duty of care to my family.

Once my husband and my kids saw me up there, performing on that stage, being myself? I think something changed for all of us. For the better, definitely. Now I’m... ah-ha, well, I don’t want to brag, but the reviews all call me the ‘star performer’ of ’Out of This World’ for my diving stunt... which, for a girl who used to be petrified of heights, is quite the feat, sure, but I’m just doing what I normally do, and that’s not giving up no matter what. To be honest, I’d say we’re all on equal billing, those of us who have been with Buster through thick and thin. He saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself, and... and that meant a lot, hearing that from someone else. We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for him being persistent enough to put on a show, despite everything around him falling apart at the seams.

I love my family, I love my job... I love getting to perform. It sounds like a difficult thing to balance, but I know how to make it work. Always have, always will.