As a child, I was quite artistically active. Once I was chosen to play Mary in my school's nativity playsplay. A few days before the performance, I broke my arm. There was no turning back, but it was Mary with a broken arm that almost let the baby Jesus fall, because she could not keep the slinging shawlhad one arm in plaster and a sling, and the heavy doll with the plaster inwas too much for just one hand!