Joseph is My Son . . .

I, with 5 other women, and Kate our wonderful pianist performed in the Relief Society Enrichment Christmas Program "O Holy Night" on Thursday evening. I was excited when Jessica Holt asked me to perform as Joseph's mother. Not as excited when I received the script and song. The script was 2 1/2 pages long. Now, remember who we're talking about. I was painfully shy in my youth, and was never in the school plays, and dropped out of my Speech class. The first play I ever did was 8 years ago, at another Relief Society social. But a 2 1/2 page monologue! And the song was one that I had never heard before. But . . . the script was perfect for me (seeing as I really am Joseph's mother), it made it easy for me to feel what Joseph the Carpenter's mother might have felt. I put in a lot of hours practicing my monologue, over and over again. Sometimes I would practice it in my head as I was walking around the house cleaning. When the kids would come up to ask me a question, I wouldn't answer them, but would start reciting my monologue to them. It would catch them off guard at first, but then they'd realize I was reciting again, and would teasingly get mad at me. So, maybe this is conceited, but I was really proud of myself after the performance. I knew exactly where I messed up, and I wasn't sure that I wanted to see the video that Erik took of me. But, I was pleased once I watched it.