This post from the kleenex-toting Julianne Harper!
We are now approaching the end of Open Dream's season seven, and what a season it has been! We have traveled all over the state of North Carolina and through that journey have met so many amazing people. All of the schools we have performed at have taken such good care of us, offering us lunch or any accommodation that would make our day easier. At our Wendell residency we felt like royalty. Every day each department at the school provided us with lunch, some even homemade! One teacher hand crafted a beautiful cake with a very detailed Peril on the Red Planet theme. Our stay at STARS was wonderful as well. Each of our classes gave us a send off with special "thank you" cards all signed with messages from the children.
As rewarding as this work can be, it is still a very tough job. I can't remember that last time I wasn't surrounded by a pile of kleenex tissues, illness always being a close companion throughout the season. It is easy to get worn down, but when we encounter such support and appreciation from the schools we are working with, it makes the sneezing- sniffling- coughing- aching- stuffy head- fever-not being able to rest go away.
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