Friday, June 3, 2011

Beautiful Ballerina

I have truly been in the right place at the right time, several times, but lately not as wonderfully right as I sat today at Theatre Arts.
The studio today was filled with spectators for five, little ballerinas having their very first ballet class.
One of those babies, Lauren, had no idea that this class had been created especially for her and her grandma to have an unrepeatable moment.
As she picked out her sweetly, perfect ensemble with her mom and grandma just days before, she did not know it was a "bucket list" line item on her grandma's list.
Lauren's grandma has terminal cancer.  Lauren's mommy knows all too well how limited  her mom's time really is because Lauren's mommy was the Oncologist PA that took of my dad in his last days.
The moment made memories created on video.  I know because I took the video.
I stood in the corner watching the happy tears of a grandma watching her sweetie pie twirl and laugh. The room was filled with love and appreciation for life and new experiences and the profound reminder of the brevity of it.
A theatre school, friends bringing their children and a dance teacher that was fit for the job - all came together to create a memory.  A memory for one of the most beautiful ballerinas you will ever meet.  A memory this tiny beauty will value as the woman she will one day become - a memory with her cherished grandma enjoying her first dance.