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Remembering Royana Black

Royana Black was perhaps the loveliest young actor I recall from my early days as a writer/producer.  Royana was the teenage star of “Raising Miranda” and gracefully and powerfully held her own with legendary costars Bryan Cranston, James Naughton, Steve Vinovich, and Pam Myers, not to mention the show’s brilliant creator Jane Anderson. Royana blessed us again on “Touched…” and we have never forgotten her generous presence. Nor shall we ever. #royanablack #broadway #touchedbyanangel #cbs #LLS #raisingmiranda

Remembering Carl Reiner

I met my hero Carl Reiner in a sushi bar on Sunset and Gower many years ago. I thanked him for his movie “The Man With Two Brains” and for his message that what is truly beautiful is on the inside – a hard thing to hold onto as the only (and very overweight) woman in the writer’s room of a sitcom in production next door.  He took my hand and said “my dear, you are absolutely beautiful inside and out. And funny, too!”  That was the day I stopped being “the girl in the room” and for the first time ever, fully and confidently claimed my seat at the writer’s table. Thank you, Mr. Reiner. May you rest in joy and laughter.

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One Day Before Easter

Nobody talks about Easter Saturday, the long, gloomy day between Good Friday and Easter Morning that to the disciples must have felt like Hope had just been sealed off forever by a rock. But to me, that in-between Saturday is all about a rock that is really a door just waiting to be flung open once again by Love. Easter Saturday is Trust Day. And this is my Saturday Stone. Thank you for painting this, Barb Pearl. You didn’t know what it would become, but our dear Burt must have inspired you. He was always the best example of trusting in a new day. #Easter #journey #hope #love #TBAA #TouchedByAnAngel #inspiration #trust

 

Good Friday

Beaten, humiliated, rejected, tortured and taunted for preaching the gospel of love, for teaching acceptance of the stranger, kindness to the weak, hope for the lost, forgiveness to others and humility for our own failures. Condemned for sharing the truth that we are human and imperfect and we simply can’t save ourselves from ourselves without grace. Broken for the message that the death of our souls is worse than the death of our bodies. Executed for promising that three days can rebuild a temple or a life. Crucified for promising that three days will change…everything.  #EasterWeekend #GoodFriday #journey #crucifixion #threewoodencrosses #GospelofLove

Maundy Thursday

On Maundy Thursday, we often focus on the Last Supper. But this artist, a little girl and a target of bullies herself – decided to capture the arrest of Jesus and that heartbreaking sense of isolation and rejection where there seems to be no place to run. And yet, Jesus is unbowed. He painfully looks up to the Light “from whence cometh our help” #Easter2019 #EasterWeekend #Lent #journey #MaundyThursday #LastSupper #Jesus #artist #child #bullying  #rejection #PassionoftheChrist #strength #courage #hope #love #faith  #StationsoftheCross