Lessons From Childhood

Lesson 8: Dance

"Mommy, let's dance!," says my daughter, so happy she just has to move.

Never mind that dinner's on the stove, work needs polishing, and ten thousand chores clamor before bedtime.

We get up, let the music move us, swirl silk scarves into the the air, and watch their graceful fall.

The dog dances round us, getting the zooms.

We laugh, sing, and dance.

"Again!" and "Again, Mommy!"

Twirling round and round, we savor the beauty, bliss, and miracle of being alive.

Today's lesson: Never miss these moments of sheer joy. Drop everything and dance with your child.

These are the days.

Good Reads:

1. Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig

2. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser

3. Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

4. Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker - Rees

Great Film:

Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry and Lee Hall

Quotable:

"at the still point, there the dance is. . . . .

Except for the point, the still point,

There would be no dance, and there is only the dance."

*T. S. Eliot

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