Patricia Monaghan

Yeah, I'm excited.

In our introduction, I was telling Scott that as a mother, I really resonated with your focus on the role of Mary in the Christmas story, and especially how you weaved Patricia Monaghan's rich poetry.

You know, it emphasized family unit, mother and child bond, resilience of women, miracle of birth.

into kind of a, I don't know, a reframing or a reimagining of the Christmas narrative.

Sure.

I think that the inspiration came directly from the poetry, like you were reading.

I had worked with Patricia Monaghan's poetry before, and her widower came to a premiere and was delighted to hear her words set to music and brought a stack of more books of her words.

And one of them was this poetry about Mary or from the perspective of Mary.