All Rise, when the world — and the show’s production — shut down. “We shut down [production] on a Friday, by Sunday, my mother-in-law had come down with Covid,” she tells ESSENCE. “Four days later, she was on a ventilator.” Thankfully, Missick‘s mother-in-law eventually recovered, but the ordeal not only brought her family closer together, it also strengthened her faith. “By God’s grace, she’s health and off it, but during that time — in addition to fasting until she left the hospital — we as a family started a prayer call every day,” she says.
The family prayer circle has continued, with an extra added component: Weekly game nights over Zoom. “On Fridays we play Black Card Revoked,” she says.
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