I Left Out the Most Important Part

Cooper Thornton
3 min readMar 16, 2024
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I failed an audition tonight. I failed a part of the audition that had nothing to do with the audition. I might still get the job. I don’t know. I don’t care. I missed a real opportunity to let the person I love know how much I love them. And it wasn’t the first time.

The audition required that I share a brief 30 seconds about myself. And I shared about my sons and about my woodworking. But I didn’t…

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Cooper Thornton

Parent, Actor, People Lover, Observer, Writer and Most Often Happy Depressive in NC by way of LA by way of UK by way of BC by way of TN, where it all started.