Our son-in-law is an incredible ballroom dance instructor and, once each year, he hosts an event that showcases dancers. Students, instructors and professional dancers all strut their stuff for several hours at the catered event. It is always a sold out gala and everyone seems to enjoy themselves. While I cannot dance, I am involved! Mark and I head over to the venue to help decorate. Darling Daughter always has a vision of what the place should look like and works tirelessly to create that look. It is my job to be her helper and Mark's to usually go get things we forgot. We spend about 7 hours on 14ft ladders putting up lights and buntings, do tablescapes and decorate the front of the stage. Trust me, folks. It is not an easy job but somehow, we manage to pull it all together.
This year, I admit that I was a bit out of sorts. The stress of things here made me almost back out of helping this year. I am glad that I went, however, as I see now, that Elizabeth could never achieve the finished product without the "hired (unpaid) help". Even though she would give it a try and would most likely get most of it done, there just would not be the time to complete everything. An extra set of hands is needed. She would simply collapse from sheer exhaustion before finishing. This evening, we are both deliriously tired but satisfied with our efforts to help Robbie pull off another successful event. His talents, her talents and a handful of helpers' assistance really come together to be something special.
