My Little Fairy-tale

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Way back in my diaper days I spent a majority of my time blasting the radio and dancing along to what I thought was the beat. My family didn't have much living in a small trailer, but we had enough for a young girl to use her imagination and think about what her passion would eventually be. Taking dance classes was not an option when I was young, my mom worked as a cosmetologist at Wal-Mart and my dad worked as a delivery guy for Fed-Ex, but I learned some moves from the TV. Every time Dancing with the Stars came on I would try to dance along with the people on the show and learn to do what they were doing.
 Dancing was something I was born to love and do. It wasn't until five years after my mom moved away from my dad that I was actually put into a dance studio. The day I walked into the studio I remember the overwhelming joy I felt, I knew that dancing was where I belonged.
I didn’t exactly know at the time why I had the love I did for dance and I wasn't sure what made me love it so much, but I knew that I wanted to be there every single day and I loved every minute of it. The passion only continues to grow but the reason has become clearer.
At a young age most people do the activities they do because they have friends that they meet, they get to learn something new, and they have something to look forward to doing other than homework after school. But even as a young girl dancing was a place I could go to forget about the bad day I had at school or the fight I had with my sister. It was my counseling; it helped me forget about the pain I felt in the trails I had. Dance is a place I can escape the worldly things and be my own separate person in my own separate world.
Dancing is where I can live my own little fairy-tale. When I perform it is me and the stage, I am the princess and the stage is my castle. The judges are the princes and I am dancing for them, to express my story to them so that they will see the story behind the dance rather than just the moves I am doing. The audience is the rest of the people in the town of my own little fairy-tale and I dance to entertain them. I just love performing; it just makes me feel alive. It's scary, but that's part of it. I think it's important to have that extra adrenaline. It gives you that extra zing. The nerves I have before performing are like the dragon in the fairy-tale; they are there to keep you from doing what you want to do and escaping the castle, but once you get out on stage you have defeated the dragon and you start to live for the first time. When I dance that is exactly how I feel. I am living to a whole new level that I can’t feel when I am not dancing. There is something about being on stage and doing what I love to do that makes me a whole different person and it puts me in my fairy-tale. Dancing is certainly something I will never let go of or give up on.
I never once doubted the idea of me being a dancer and I have never thought about quitting; only about continuing on, pushing myself, and getting better.  I knew that there was potential in me and that I had to do something with it. The impact that dance has had on my life is unbelievable and unexplainable. All the words in the world couldn't describe exactly how much dance has blessed me, but I know without dance I would not be who I am today because dance is my life. The determination and dedication I have for dance grows every single day. Dance has helped me want to live every single day of my life to its fullest and if not, I have wasted a precious day of my life that I can never take back. If you live life to its fullest you will have no regrets. I recently had the opportunity to take a class from Kim Mcswain at Nuvo Dance Convention and she taught us that we are so lucky to be who we are and where we are and if we don’t take advantage of the things we have in our life we will coast our way through life.  
I still look back and remember my diaper days and every day after that that has brought me to where I am today and I can’t help to be anything but grateful. I think back to my first dance when I struggled with the most basic stuff like pointing your toes and straightening your knees. Then I think of where I am today and how far I have come. I am so lucky to be doing what I love and loving what I do every day of my life and living my fairy-tale. I am a princess and when I dance I get to escape the worldly castle and live for the very first time all over again. 

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  1. UnknownNovember 13, 2014 at 10:40 PM

    Beautiful expression from an even more beautiful girl and artist. Thank you for sharing your gift. We are lucky to have you @ TDF:)

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    1. Taylor ChildJanuary 4, 2015 at 2:02 PM

      Thank you! I am very blessed to be dancing with some of the best! You are very kind(:

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