For most of my life, pointe shoes were my footing. The stage, the rehearsals, and the performing, that made up most of my life. Over the years, I have slowly been letting dancing go more and more. Not necessarily because I want to, but circumstantially, that’s where God has lead me. I am finding…
As a new year unfolds and January just about slides into the finish line, something has captured my attention over the last few weeks. We have to take care of our instruments in order to function well. In ballet, a dancer’s body is her instrument. She works hard to take care of it, to prevent…
About this time last year, our little family when out to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. Dallas had been hit by an ice storm which is rare, fun, and exciting here in Texas! Getting out for dinner was pretty risky considering the ice covered streets and our non-four wheel drive car. But we arrived…
“Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.” Psalm 100:3 It is so easy to think, “If I just had her body, her hair, her talent, her house… then I would be truly happy.” Insecurity and comparing…
In this dance of life, God asks us simply to take steps of trust. Often, those steps can feel like blind leaps of faith, and we would kind of rather not take them, you know? Life is this twisting, turning, constant motion of ups, downs, and all arounds, but thankfully, we have a calm center…
Good morning, dancing hearts! To be truthful, it has been an emotional week for us in our little radius of our neighborhood here in Texas. To begin the week, I watched my little sister, hold her prayed for, miracle baby, my niece, Rose, on the stage at our church for her baby dedication. Rose wore…