BIRTHDAY BALLOONS
By Tara Meddaugh
(c) 2019
Adelaide, suffering from a terminal illness, speaks to her best friend in her bedroom. She wants to give her a son as special birthday, but also feels the hopelessness of her situation.
DETAILS
Genre: Drama
Cast: Female (male)
Age range: 20s-40s
Running time: Approximately 2 minutes
Setting: Bedroom
EXCERPT
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ADELAIDE
I want to make him a birthday cake. And buy him a gift, you know, one of those complicated Lego sets. He’s into those right now. And, I always put balloons outside his bedroom door in the middle of the night, so when he wakes up, he’s greeted by these yellow—that’s his favorite color—these yellow “it’s your birthday” balloons and…it’s a great way to start your birthday, right?
(pause)
Most of the time, I want this, and I think, it’s a month away, only one month away. I can do this. I can do this for him. You know? But…
(pause)
Then sometimes, it doesn’t seem important anymore. Is that awful to say? Is that awful to say I don’t always feel my 6-year-old’s birthday is important?
(pause)
I want to be one of those parents where—END OF EXCERPT
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