#hamiltonmusical https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> hit B’way in 2015 just as my separation and divorce were becoming real. A refrain I heard a lot was that my career was done, because I had created a name with my husband. My entire life... felt over.

I trained for the LA marathon that year w/ Hamilton on repeat—

There were two songs that literally winded me, and no, it wasn’t the sprint training.

One was Wait For It. A still, small voice inside told me I was neither “falling behind” nor “running late.” I was simply “lying in wait.” For something. Whatever my life might turn out to be.

The other was Hurricane. I sold my first solo pilot that year. Then got two solo jobs.

“I wrote my way out.”

The next 5 years were the most successful and rewarding of my whole career. I’m not waiting anymore.

I also deeply love so many of the lyrics about living and dying—

“Dying is easy... living is harder.” “The moments when you’re in so deep, it feels easier to just swim down.”

I was suicidal back then. Surviving every day was a struggle. But this musical helped. And I did it.

And even in a pandemic... “the other side” is truly beautiful.