One "...always ought to pray and not lose heart."  So we ask Him, "Summon your power, O God; show us Your strength, as You have done before."  PS 68:28.  And just when we lose hope, when we, the actor, feel the crevices along the walls of the abyss that is self-despair, we are sent an event/experience/ group/journey/invitation as a way out.  PHOENIX RISING was that for me.  Just as I was losing heart, He sent me to LTPR, and through the power of life, love, energy, healing, and art, this group of creative professionals has boosted my strength, and I was able to simply walk out of despair.  We embrace each other and hold one another to a standard unlike any I've ever known.  We share our happiness and our sadness.  We are open and trusting.  We are fierce and fabulous.  We are daughters, sisters, ex-wives, girlfriends, friends, mothers, women.  Family.  This was not only an acting challenge.  This was life wrapping its most glorious and beauteous tendrils around me.  My life has forever been changed for the better.  Thank you Daniel, Laura, Rachel, Brianna, Val, Julia, Alexandra, Kira, Lindsay, Nichollette, and Noelle for your love and guidance.  May your light burn brighter than a thousands suns.  I am so proud of this piece, of this cast.  This is altruism at its finest.  Listen.  Learn.  Let it affect you.  Take this away and do something good with it.  Keep the cycle of healing moving forward."