He gets to a point where he can not get beyond his own expectations, and he loses a daughter to her boyfriend of a different religion. The hope in the play is that the loss is temporary, but as I watched, I felt as if it may have been permanent. SHOULD adults be upset? No. We raise our children to be independent and live their own lives. We expect children to make choices we don’t always see eye-to-eye with. DO we get upset? Yes. We all have expectations – young and old.

Regardless of which side you are on in the debate, remember the people involved are more important than society’s expectations. A tradition can bind us or blind us. Remember that it was traditional for Rosa Parks to sit at the back of the bus. It was traditional for Bill Gates to use a pen and paper. My family barely recognizes some holidays, but we have holidays of our own discovery that we celebrate every year. Good luck.