Today is Anna’s recital day, I was able to take photos at her rehearsal yesterday. Recital weekend is the craziest weekend we have every year… we look forward to the chaos, and yet here we are with only one left after today. Watching her dance is one of my favorite honors. I wrote this years ago for her immediately after a recital. It becomes harder for me to read each year.
boundless: an ode to her dance
at the verge of a tear he watches her dance. the music lost to the moment, his focus only on her silence and grace. the others fall softly away, each delicately dance to a fade. he is her witness, this moment is the evidence. memories play simultaneously as if in sync with her elegance. her birth, her smile, her hand holding his, her crying for courage, her laughter from love. how young she’s become to his old, how she has grown, how sad the days count can be. all caught as she floats across their stage. this dance, her dance, his dance pulls him back. enjoy this new memory, remember as her smile never falters, as his tear wins the moment, as she moves… boundlessly – tr.june.2009
Anna is so beautiful! It is a pleasure to see these photos of her dancing, I can only imagine the joy of seeing her in person dancing! Her smile is absolutely radiant, yet she shows so much emotion in other dances. She is a star in my book!!!