Posts Tagged: dancing

Daddy Daughter Ballet

February 17th, 2017
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I took ballet lessons for almost ten years and I would have loved to have taken at least one class with my Dad.

I know he would have been up for it — even if it meant wearing a pink tutu.  I know it would have been pure fun!

I laugh to myself just thinking about what it would have been like if we had had the chance to dance together that way.  At 89 years old, my Dad still has a strong resilient spirit even though he recently began receiving hospice care.

I began to imagine … Read More

Channeling Iggy Azalea

July 3rd, 2015
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When I feel my internal stress-o-meter starting to rise, then I know it’s time to find something that will make me laugh. Big time. Something that will make me forget that life can sometimes feel like a pressure cooker. Laughing immediately releases tension for me and it also allows me to put what is causing my stress into perspective.  Which means that I am trying to let myself know that the stress causer is not important and shouldn’t be using my valuable energy. Translation: it’s no big whoop so I need to move on and find something funny that will… Read More

Kick It Up For Christmas

December 22nd, 2014
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Hey there Resilient Readers: It’s the Monday of Christmas week and today I am going in an entirely different direction; one that is fun and healing and in tune with the holiday spirit.  It’s a post that I hope makes you smile and perhaps reminisce about your own unfulfilled but fond dreams. I have a saying that life is about finding your music and dancing to it.  Dancing has always been something that comes natural to me and something that I love to do.  In one of my former lives, I took dancing lessons for years as a child and… Read More

Dance Walking

April 4th, 2014
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I don’t know about you, but now that the weather is getting a little warmer and I’m shedding my layers of winter, I’m feeling way out of shape. Too much time spent sitting in front of the computer.  Too many afternoons noshing on comfort food. A new season means moving is the name of the game for me and I think this You Tube video below showing how to Dance Walk is the perfect way to kickstart some outdoor motion and burning off those almighty calories! Even if you don’t need to tone up, check out this Dance Walk video… Read More

Get Lucky!

January 30th, 2014
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I know the Grammys were Sunday night but the music is still rockin’ and rollin’ for me. I’m Up All Night To Get Lucky. . . The Grammys are a blast to watch because everyone is so out there in their creativity and hopefully your favorite singer, song or group wins something.  I think people like to watch it because they imagine themselves standing there before the cameras singing some of the songs they love or in my case I imagine myself up there on the stage dancing the night away. You’re telling me you don’t ever imagine being in… Read More

The Magic of A Party

January 13th, 2014
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The Washington, DC weather on Saturday may have been rainy, foggy and dreary but it had  no affect on the atmosphere inside one cozy house in Northwest DC where it was bright, warm and full of happiness. Was this house in some kind of weather bubble? Yes it was because it was the site of a birthday party that my super duper spectacular friends gave for me and I can say without hesitation that it was the best birthday party ever!!  Talk about healing!  Wow!  I was feeling the love and it was totally through the stratosphere for me in… Read More

Wednesday Beats with Usher

October 9th, 2013
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I don’t have much to say today.  It’s Wednesday and things in DC have been tense with the government shutdown and furloughed workers.  Unfortunately, I know a handful of people who are working but unsure as to when they will get paid. And that is why is it time for some uplifting music.  Did you know that music is a quick stress reliever?  I believe we can always make time for the beats and music makes almost everything bearable. I was lucky enough to see Usher perform live earlier this year at the Inaugural Ball this past January (that seems… Read More

Dancing In September

September 27th, 2013
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Earth Wind & Fire’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Another work week grinds to an end and I say BA DE YA, it’s time for dancing in September! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Friday has arrived in all its glory, and not much feels better than when it is Friday night, you are hangin’ with your friends and you have the whole weekend in from of you to relax and enjoy!! I intend to do some of the usual cleaning and organizing this weekend but I also am going to see friends and have some fun.  When you work… Read More

A New Week

August 19th, 2013
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I am with you my dear readers as we begin a new week together!!!! I hope your weekend was full of exciting adventures and laughter and love and family and friends. Mine seemed to zip by in a blink. While I have many things that I want to tell you about, I ran out of time to sit down and put them in complete thoughts and sentences. There is definitely more to come but today I leave you with the below thought since change and more change seems to be the theme of my life these days: The only way… Read More