Sometimes she thinks about being a ballerina…
She took a ballet / gymnastics class when she was 3.
Does that count?
She stands on her tiptoes a lot.
Does that count?
She likes pink.
Does that count?
She believes in grace.
Does that count?
She wears her hair in a bun.
Does that count?
She got passing credits for a ballet class in college.
Does that count?
She loves to dance.
Does that count?
She can count to 8.
Does that count?
She has great “pointe shoe” feet.
Does that count?
She twirls when she’s in a twirly dress.
Does that count?
Sometimes she thinks about being a ballerina.
But…
She never went through all the classes.
She never starred in the Nutcracker.
She never danced at Joffrey Ballet School.
She never earned her pointe shoes.
She never donned the title “Prima.”
Yet even still…
Sometimes she thinks about being a ballerina.
And so she dances. She pirouettes. She smiles and she moves with poise.
Sometimes she thinks she’s a ballerina, and life is softer through those eyes.
