Last day in Roma - very moving!

Today was our last day in Roma. Our second show was amazing and very moving! We did our forum theatre piece where we get kids up to act out a bullying scenario and then get them to think of solutions and act out their ideas! One beautiful girl, E, had a great idea. She'd get her friends to stay with the girl being bullied, and look after her, while E would go to the teacher and report the bullying. Then E and her friends would hang out with the girl being bullied! What a beautiful kid! So E acted out her idea beautifully! At the end of the show, I went to see E and tell her how much I appreciated her wonderful idea and that I thought she would just be such a wonderful friend to so many kids. And she (in Year 4) said "And I just want you to know that when I grow up I want to be just like you!". I asked her did she want to do shows like we are doing and she said YES! I told her that when I was in Year 11, the Arts Council came to my school and did a show and that ever since then that's all I had wanted to do! So, I told E to stick with it and remember when she was old enough to call the Arts Council and ask them exactly how you get to do this type of work! Wow, she may choose to do something else when she grows up, but it was such a MELTING moment for me! It reminded me of myself when I was a kid and how that show really changed my life! And how, for this girl, our show had been really inspiring and SHE had been so inspiring to me! Isn't Life just AWESOME???