I dabble in life.
Life is a tricky thing to dabble in. Life is messy. There's no avoiding it. You, and I, and the mom who is always early for school pick up with fresh highlights and a mason jar of cookies for the teacher, are all carrying around the burden of life. Don't be fooled.
I see life as one giant stack of pancakes- the ones from IHOP with all the strawberry drizzle and whipped cream on top. (They're $5.99 and basically carb-less.) If you just dive right in and enjoy it, you don't really notice how messy it is.
Once, someone said "You should do stand-up comedy." And I said, "You're crazy." But long story short, I dove in. For me, stand up comedy gives the mess of life a whole new flavor. It's like licking your fingers at the end of a good meal.
For the past few months I've been working with this wild tribe (and a few others) to produce a stand up comedy benefit for Camp Encourage. The first night we were mostly strangers and now this troupe knows all my dirty laundry (and there's a lot of it). 
Each one of them, like me (and you, and that perfect mom in the school pick up line), has a messy life. But each one of them, like me, knows the liberating joy of discovering the finger licking good humor in life.
I've so enjoyed watching these brave souls grow from suckers who were conned into this, into stand-up comedians. You're going to love them, too!
Join us this Friday night, March 10, for An Evening With The 'Rents at the Gem Theater in KCMO. If our show sucks (it won't) and the beer sells out (it could- my family will be there), you can rest assured that thanks to our wonderful sponsors, 100% of ticket sales go straight to Camp Encourage.
And, bonus: I'm playing a ukulele. 😱
