Remember
when the dad in A Christmas Story when he won his leg lamp, and yelled out in
joy, “It’s a major award!”
That’s
pretty much how I felt when I found out I was in the cast of Listen to Your Mother.
My
blogging friends understand how exciting this is since they know about theListen to Your Mother Show, but my non blogging friends, who have never heard
of the show, don’t really know what to think.
When
I tell them about being in the show, they are excited because I’m excited. But
then there is a shifty, unsure look in their eye since they are not sure what
it is all about.
I
try to explain that it is a show about motherhood, but then, still confused, I
am usually asked questions along these lines:
Will
you be performing a monologue? (No, I’ll be reading my piece).
Is
it like the Vagina Monologue? (Hmm, I’m not sure about that one).
What
will you be reading? (An essay that I
wrote about motherhood).
Since
it is still hard to imagine a show where people read stories about motherhood,
here is a clip in which Ann Imig, the creator of Listen to Your Mother, talks
about the show:
What
I love most about this show is that it gives people a platform to tell their
story. The show gives motherhood a voice
that is often not heard. Motherhood can
be an isolating experience, given all the polarizing topics. One often forgets that there are common threads
that bind us together, regardless if we are mothers, remembering our mothers, or
hope to be mothers.
There
is real power in sharing your truth.
Walls
are broken.
Connections
are made.
Stigmas
disappear.
I
found comfort in the stories that the other cast mates had written because
suddenly, I was not alone in some of my feelings surrounding motherhood. I experienced the “me, too” phenomenon that
Ann talks about in the video.
I
hope that if you attend a Listen to Your Mother Show that you feel the
incredibly validating “me, too” feeling.
Here
is the ticket information for the Metro Detroit show.
However,
if you are not local, here is a list of cities that do have a Listen to YourMother show.
I
hope to see you there!
