My older son was headed off to college.
Charlie and I have always been tightly bonded.
I also knew that Donna Lynne would play the emotion and dimension of this story perfectly.
Credit: Tyler Golden/The CW; Inset: Kit Karzen
In this episode, I love Paulas strength and courage and the way Donna Lynne brings them to life.
Paulas complete refusal, at first, to deal with whats happening mirrored exactly what I was doing.
I was buying folding duffels and sheets-in-a-bag and not thinking about him leaving.
As always, I felt so supported by the wonderful people on our show.
I wept through a lot of that weekend.
(Mom, stop with the waterworks!)
My sadness at seeing him go, though, was tempered by the joy of seeing him set free.
Hes a great kid and the world is lucky to have him.
Watching her sing is an awe-inspiring experience, her voice always truly a wonder to me.
The day Erin finally showed me the episode, its possible I ugly-cried in the editing room.
(Reader, I did.)
I love the song, the episode and not just Donna Lynnes performance but Zaynes as well.
I hope Charlie watched it tonight.
I also hope he was too busy to watch it.
Im so grateful to them.
