It is 3 a.m. and tomorrow I have to get up and be ready to enjoy the christening of the first of his generation in the Able family. But I have so much in my mind right now, and I don't want to wait until it is a memory a couple of days old or even eight hours, so I want to put it all down now while the memory and the emotions of the evening are clearly in my mind.

I just came home from strike from the third time I have participated in You Can't Take It With You. This time around, I played Mrs. Kirby; a stretch for me. The times before I played Penney, who will always remain one of my favorite characters for her innocence and her love of life.

This production, I was lucky enough to work with Henry Polic II. What a wonderful experience. He is a grand person, with a huge heart and he is an actor through and through. He taught so much just by doing what he does.

Henry has medical issues and needs, and he is fairly open about his battle with cancer. Tonight he said that he has sometimes wondered why he was lucky enough and why God blessed him enough that he would survive when others did not. He is sure now that it was so that he could meet all of the wonderful people he met during this show.

I think Henry may have that a little backwards. I think perhaps it was so that we could meet him, and the he could come into our lives and share with us his gifts.

Tonight, on his final bow, (at least for this show), he did not bow, he came out with bouquets of flowers for each of the actresses in the show. He walked all about the stage, which is not an easy feet for him, passing them out. I was last and as I took my flowers and kissed his cheek, I was deeply moved.

It was a moment of a gentleman, shere gallantry. It was a moment I shall not forget. Henry Polic II has a twinkle in his eye and a spirit in his heart and I am grateful for the fact that I have been lucky to have shared this time with him.

As Henry said tonight before curtain, the great thing about theatre is that this show, the experience of it, is a memory we have created and we share. We created it together and we will keep it together, and no one can take that away from us.