I’ve been really struggling lately.  The lingering winter that just won’t seem to break into blooms and sun filled days, the death of a good friend, and the weight of decisions looming have made me feel more anxious and restless.  My kids were acting up this morning in the flurry of breakfast and school drop off.  But even before that, the voice in my head kept ringing.  “I just want to go back.”  Yes, we have loved it here in Wisconsin, but there are moments, days, even weeks, where I just long to be back in our old community.  We were back in Maryland at the beginning of the month for our friend’s funeral and in those short few days there, I remembered.  Everything felt comfortable.  Each stop, each encounter was beautiful.

As soon as breakfast was over, she ran up to her room to get dressed.  She had laid out her pink leotard, pink tights, and ballet shoes.  She even found her “tutu pink” undies so that she matched perfectly.  She beamed with excitement; a day she had waited and hoped for for a while, she would be starting ballet for the first time.

We drove to the class and I looked in the rear view mirror to get a glimpse of her.  She practiced her arm movements as if she were already in class.
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