She told me last night that she has changed her mind about her future - she wants to be an ACTRESS!! Aaagghhh! I'm good with the actress thing, but it's I kind of hope it's the theatre kind and not the big movie kind. Even theatre is scary, but to imagine my sweet little girl dealing with the realities of Hollywood is more than I can fathom! The choices she would have to make and pressures to work outside of her moral code are just too scary to think about! It's so sad that this world has come to a place where someone with amazing talent (not just speaking of Cassie, though I do think her talent is amazing!) has to choose between their belief system and their love of acting (or singing or dancing, etc. , etc.)! I mean think about it - what was the last movie you saw that you would be okay with your daughter participating in?!?! It's hard isn't it? Even the "good" movies have stuff that just don't meet our Christian ideals. How have we come to this? I've thought about it often from the perspective of a viewer of movies, but only last night did I consider it from the perspective of a parent of an actor! Wow - I don't want to discourage her and I won't - besides we have a LONG way to go before she heads west - but it's something to think about because I believe she's got talent and if it's what she wants, she can do it! Scary!!
You know - I do have a really close friend whose son wants to go into missions using his movie making skills....maybe he'll need a great actress for his films. They probably won't get too rich or too famous going that route, but I'm betting they would change some lives and besides my little one didn't say she wanted to be famous - just an that she wants to be an actress (thank goodness!). :)
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Tell her we said, break a leg! She's adorable! :)
Cleo wants to be a pet vet. Not the kind that messes with snakes or anything exotic. Just dogs and cats and maybe the occasional horse. :)
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