Lynn Grubb

“Let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory,  you have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”   – Lin-Manuel Miranda   In the final number of the musical “Hamilton,” Hamilton’s wife Eliza sings a song called “ Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story ” where she describes the 50 years the good Lord gave her to tell Alexander’s story. Alexander Hamilton ran out of time to tell his own story to the world. I am deeply aware that I could die with my story inside of me and that scares me; however, it doesn’t push me to write my search memoir and publish faster.   I procrastinate.   I ask myself do I have a right to tell this story? People ask me about this story frequently and I so want to tell it, every detail or it, but it’s just not possible to create a true narrative of my story in just a few minute summary. It just can’t be done and when I attempt it, other people’s narratives move front and center which then takes meaning away

  I was so excited to see Hamilton Friday, July, 3, the day it debuted on Disney Plus, with my mother and daughter in the comfort of the Grubb house.   We threw a little party for this long-awaited event as we had never seen it live on Broadway.   (Alexander Hamilton will henceforth be referred to as “Alex” – yep, a little legal humor). The movie on Disney Plus is not actually a movie but a 3-day film shot of the live performance of the “best-rehearsed cast” that performed in June, 2016.   I was pleased that Lin Manuel was in this version, because I don’t think I would have been as excited to view it had he been absent from it. My daughter knew all the lyrics of the soundtrack and because of that, knew what was coming ahead before I did, but I was content to be surprised and was only familiar with the more often-played songs that happen at the beginning of the show. My daughter and I have an inside joke about how many Disney or other movies, books or media have orphans as the m