dance
Dearest,
We always said we’d learn to dance when we got married.
But first there was a broken leg to prevent it, then there was always a baby belly or a baby in the way.
We keep saying we’ll take dancing lessons when they’re older, laughing that by the time we get around to it we’ll probably be too old and decrepit to dance.
In the meantime, we side-step around each other at the sink as we wash and dry the dishes together.
Then we stop for a kiss in the middle of the kitchen and find ourselves swaying to the music.
Six years and no dancing lessons. But we’re learning the give and take, the lead and follow, the steps to this dance we dance together.
It doesn’t look quite like Cinderella and Prince Charming twirling around at the ball, but I think we really did learn to dance when we got married.
Lots of Love,
the girl with two left feet
Remember when the sound of little feet was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we’d never give it up
Remember when
-Alan Jackson’s “Remember When”
Same story here, and we’ve been married 17 years! We have our few moments of swaying together in the kitchen too…
Lovely, humorous, and so TRUE.
Love, love, love this. So inspired that you’ve recognized the dancing you’re doing in the every day moments. I’ll remember that next time I get a hankering for some swing dancing (nearly 7 years and we haven’t learned yet :))
Just wait ’til you hear what we had our first lesson in on Independence Day…! 😉
Loved this so much, Gretchen. It’s been our story too so much of the time. The slow waltz of parenthood and marriage and holding onto each other in an orchestra of chaos 🙂 Loved it so much it’s my featured Five Minute Friday post this week 🙂
Love
Lisa-Jo
Awww, I’m so very honored. Thank you!
I also have two left feet and am perfectly stiff and ungraceful. 😉
This was beautiful, though. <3
I love, love, love this!
However, I would like to clarify that I really DIDN’T try to copy you with the whole dancing in marriage thing and song lyrics. Really, truly. I was planning on doing that before I even read your post…you just got to write your’s first. 🙂 So yes, now that that’s cleared up… 🙂
HUGS
Obviously, great minds think alike. 😉 And I’d forgotten about those lyrics–of course, so perfect!! 🙂
Ah, lovely!
Beautiful, write read it and wanted to be have what you have in a good way. Blessings to you all always
Miss G-
Oh, I reckon your kinda dancing is the most important kind. Just in case you wanna learn, we’ll give you two lessons! Western swing, two-step, etc.
Blessings.
Beautiful, beautiful.