one of the reasons that saturday was a perfectly wonderful day...
we decided that this was our tenth christmas recital, nineteenth over all. allie has loved every minute of it and i'm just so grateful that she has something that she loves so passionately. i think every child, and especially teenagers, need that "one thing" that they do well and love enough to work really hard at. something that builds their self-esteem on days that they feel like they're not good at anything. it is an absolute delight to watch her, at least for her mother it is! except, that i always feel genuinely shocked at how much she's grown since the last recital. like the girl on stage couldn't possibly be the same girl who lives at our house. although she resembles her a great deal, the girl on stage is just so grown up and mature and focused. it's strange and wonderful all at the same time. part of the reason these days are so special, is the lovely cheering section we always seem to have.
we decided that this was our tenth christmas recital, nineteenth over all. allie has loved every minute of it and i'm just so grateful that she has something that she loves so passionately. i think every child, and especially teenagers, need that "one thing" that they do well and love enough to work really hard at. something that builds their self-esteem on days that they feel like they're not good at anything. it is an absolute delight to watch her, at least for her mother it is! except, that i always feel genuinely shocked at how much she's grown since the last recital. like the girl on stage couldn't possibly be the same girl who lives at our house. although she resembles her a great deal, the girl on stage is just so grown up and mature and focused. it's strange and wonderful all at the same time. part of the reason these days are so special, is the lovely cheering section we always seem to have.
lovely lucky loved girl.
8 comments:
Allie did such a wonderful job! It is so great to have something to love so much. I really loved her costume...she looks gorgeous:)
What a Gorgeous Daughter you have!!
really? ten years? that is amazing! and so is the "tiny dancer" that has now blossomed into a pointe shoe wearin'-twirlin' and whirlin'-dancerina girl named allie! we sure love her...and you guys too, of course!
Allie did an awesome job!! She looks so grown up!
You were a good Mom to take pictures I guess I am about recitaled out with Emily or I am just being a lame mom!
Wow Allie looks so great in all the ballet stuff...it's great to have something you love so much.
I agree with you that everyone needs one thing that is their own. Alli looks so grown up in these pictures!
Congratulations for the beautiful daughter! She looks gorgeous!
She looks like every girl's dream! Lucky! (you have to say that like Napoleon Dynamite) Really though - soooo fun!
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