Comments on: Off to See the Wizard

By: Janna @ Mommy's Piggy TALES - Record YOUR Youth

Janna @ Mommy's Piggy TALES - Record YOUR Youth — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:45:34 +0000

Ha! I don’t think I’ve ever thought of ballet while brushing my teeth:)

It’s such a hard call, but it’s nice that your mother let you decide where your heart was and I’m sure there were many lessons that you learned directly and indirectly from ballet.

We’re taking my daughter to the Nutcracker for the first time this year and I think she will be mesmerized!

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:07:56 +0000

you were an adorable ballerina. i miss dance nearly every day, i quit because i wasn’t loving the direction it was heading. any chance i can, i take some sort of dance class. most recently belly dancing.

By: Safire

Safire — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:28:35 +0000

Cute stories! I love that picture of you in your dance costume. :)

By: Amy @ MomsToolbox

Amy @ MomsToolbox — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:27:30 +0000

I love that you took the chance to revisit ballet in college and then were truly able to close the door. Good for you!

A friend’s daughter is very near to making a similar decision. She is excellent in gymnastics, but now is the time for her to either bump it up or take a step back. What a tough decision to have to make!

Thanks for sharing.

By: maryleigh

maryleigh — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:01:49 +0000

What wonderful opportunities for choices! It sounds like you had a delightful childhood:) I have wanted to be a writer since I was 6 six years old:)

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:50:57 +0000

That’s a very tough decision for a 9 year old dancer…but I’m glad you were able to resolve it as you progressed. I chuckled at your story with the children being eaten…… tell us more, did they have a deadly disease that was eradicated from the earth? Did the alligator become friendly and lead all the other animals? Just wondering…. Great post!

Karen (visiting from Group 3)

By: Jessica G.

Jessica G. — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:06:50 +0000

I love this idea of recording a year of your life in one post!
I loved to dance. In high school, I was on the dance team and doing very well. I was even recruited by a major dance team so I decided to get that pesky pain in my shoulder looked at before the team’s physical. The doctor discovered a tumor. I lost my ability to dance along with the use of my right shoulder. I miss it. Now, I am so uncoordinated, I wonder how I can walk down the street without tripping.

By: Susie's Homemade

Susie's Homemade — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:34:11 +0000

What a beautiful memory to share! Sounds like my childhood:-)

By: Lynnet Hardwick

Lynnet Hardwick — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:35:05 +0000

Wow, what a decision you had to make and an honor to be accepted into the traveling group. I would love to have read your The Alligator and the Eight Children story. Did you illustrate it as well? Do you still have it?

By: Rebecca Talley

Rebecca Talley — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:06:54 +0000

I use to do flamenco dancing and in 9th grade had to choose between that and drill team. I chose drill team but always regretted not continuing with my flamenco dancing. Of course, now I’m ancient and could never do those moves, but I remember the time I did it fondly. I guess I could try to play some castanets whie I brush my teeth :).