Dance Competition and thoughts on friends

March, spring is just around the corner. I just hope that I can survive another year, sometimes the loneliness creeps in and it hard to get rid of it. Most times my kids Emma and Luke can take it away. There are a couple of their friends who we consider family, namely Katie, Olivia and Lesley. They are all good kids very respectful and are genuinely good kids.

This past weekend was the Groove Dance Competition that was held in The Collins Center at Andover High School. Emma was performing in two numbers with Olivia and the rest of the Emerald Team. First was a number called Muave, Muave .  it was a great Latin number and they did very well. The only thing that I noticed was that Olivia seemed to get upset half way through the dance. She went from all smile (which is her natural state) to a look of concern. I didn’t notice anything wrong with the dance but near the end I saw a small tear in her tights just near the knee. This is what had upset her natural smile.

Sometimes I think that these girls put a lot of pressure onto themselves to seek perfection. The dance was spectacular and I was proud of them.  Next came their Tap number Singing in the Rain. I got to say this, Emma has grown leaps and bounds at this new dance studio, Darcy’s Dance Academy. She seems to be happy here and they push her to do her best and it truly shows. Plus she has true friends dancing with her and that goes along way. The only problem that I noticed was that one of the girls umbrellas turned inside out. This had happened to Olivia at the Darcy’s Dance Showcase but what can you do. I guess when you are dancing your heart out, little things happen.

To be honest I enjoyed this day very much. I saw a lot of great dancing and awesome costumes. I am so proud of the girls. The only down thing to this day was that Katie wasn’t there. She decided that her plate was too full to participate on dance team. She did high school volleyball and basketball. She is taking a class with Emma and they are going to do a duo at the recital in June. But I know that she missed being with her friends. I kept her up to date via Twitter in what was happening and how her arch rival was doing but I know deep down inside she was sad.

I am so glad that Emma has friends like Olivia and Katie, hopefully they will remain friends forever.  I know what it’s like to have old friend from your formative years. Jocelyn Colena was the love of my life and we lost contact. But about 10 years ago we found each other again and she has been a close friend to me ever since. My kids adore her and so do I. I still have my friends from college and they are my true brothers and sisters. I can always count on Barney, Yvonne, Jay and Peter to be there when I need them. Barney is the one I would call to help me “Hide The Body”. I really don’t know what I would do without these people in my life.