As my camera clicked to catch Miranda getting dressed for her first ballet lesson, I was flashing back to all the arts I dabbled in as a child (well, maybe more like bumbled in--albeit happily, and no doubt developing the same talents I use daily in my work as an English teacher): theatre group, figure skating, watercolour painting, classical guitar, piano...and probably more that I don't remember. No doubt the best lesson is that you don't have to be super-talented (although how can I doubt that my child WILL be?!) to have fun and learn...
Meanwhile, I'm amazed, now she's three, how quickly (it seems almost exponentially) she's growing and changing, leaving infancy far behind: even sleeping on her own now (OK, I know most kids do this from the cradle!), and I miss her babyhood sometimes...it's an aching nostalgia tinged with loving pride as I see her moving into her older, independent self. Unknown to her (I hope--well, who am I kidding?), I welcome her moments of sudden reversion to that elemental need for "huggles." Hold me closer, tiny dancer!
As my camera clicked to catch Miranda getting dressed for her first ballet lesson, I was flashing back to all the arts I dabbled in as a child (well, maybe more like bumbled in--albeit happily, and no doubt developing the same talents I use daily in my work as an English teacher): theatre group, figure skating, watercolour painting, classical guitar, piano...and probably more that I don't remember. No doubt the best lesson is that you don't have to be super-talented (although how can I doubt that my child WILL be?!) to have fun and learn...
Meanwhile, I'm amazed, now she's three, how quickly (it seems almost exponentially) she's growing and changing, leaving infancy far behind: even sleeping on her own now (OK, I know most kids do this from the cradle!), and I miss her babyhood sometimes...it's an aching nostalgia tinged with loving pride as I see her moving into her older, independent self. Unknown to her (I hope--well, who am I kidding?), I welcome her moments of sudden reversion to that elemental need for "huggles." Hold me closer, tiny dancer!
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