My dearest Improv-
I don’t want to go another day without telling you how I feel about you. I love you. I love everything about you. I want to spend forever with you. But first, let me tell our story, because it’s my favorite one.
I was a mere 22 year old helpless girl. Down on her luck, not thinking I could ever find what I was searching for. Walking with my brother through Streets of Woodfield (the strip mall next to the actually Woodfield mall. It is confusing but it’s just…not important right now damn it!) I came upon a tiny theater. That theater’s name, Laugh Out Loud. No more was laugh out loud (or LOL for you tech savvy folk) just something you said to someone when you really didn’t think they were being funny. No. This was the place I had been searching for my entire life. I opened the door and immediately tripped over the rug. But I caught myself and continued down the short hallway to the box office.
In a whirl of information and handing over my credit card, I was signed up for beginner level improv. What fun! What joy! What an adventure we were going to start. The first class came around. It was a Monday. I was nervous. Oh goodness was I nervous! Sweaty palms and all! I couldn’t eat all day in anticipation and I almost threw up upon my arrival to get to know you. The moment I stepped on stage, oh it was love. I learned so much about myself in those 8 weeks. A ball of anxiousness every time we met but god was it exhilarating!
And then, we progressed and took our relationship to the next level, advanced class. I learned how to communicate and get out of my shell. And then we progressed further with advanced classes. I was learning so much! How to be a funny character how to create a stable environment. And most importantly, I learned how to develop a relationship.
Improv, you bring so much happiness and clarity to my life. Never once do I feel out of place with you. I never fear saying the wrong thing because with you, my sweet Improv, with you nothing is wrong. I have the freedom to be myself and you love me for that. You love my truthfulness and honesty. You love me when I’m horrible and you clap for me when I do you proud.
We were so in love that we became part of something better, a family to call our own. We became Count Spatula. Our love, which began with just you and I, grew in the hearts of 5 others! And now our hearts beat together for you, yes you! I can’t imagine a better family to be a part of and it’s because of you Improv, that all this is possible.
Improv, you give me the strength and courage to write words on pieces of paper and then click-clack-clack them onto an electronic copy (also know as Microsoft Word). Oh improv! You have let this love evolve and spread to sketch writing in ways that didn’t seem possible before I met you.
And what adventures are in store for us in the future! The long and short of our love will bring laughter and tears to (hopefully) a sold out crowd. But mainly Improv, I just want you to know that I love you, because after all, you’re my wonderwaaaaaaaaall.
I love you, yes and…always,
Alexa
P.S. It would be nice for you to pay every now and then.
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