Between softball, dance, cub scouts, and the million other activities you are involved in, you keep us running but to see the joy on your face is enough to overshadow the exhausted feeling. You excel in school beyond what your mommy could ask for, always straight A’s and always trying to do better!
Your kind heart, compassionate personality, and warm smile instantly take over a room. You’ve overcome so much much this year. You have handled the news of becoming a big sister (again), mean bullies at school, helping your little brother navigate a new school, guiding Coit thru his Autism journey and through new phases he’s experiencing, with poise and grace. I would never expect anything less from you. Thank you for always being you and never let anyone dim your light. Happy Birthday Addison!
I’m basically at that time in my life where im working non stop to get to where I dream of, to get to the places I trust I belong to and i trust the universe will put me in. There’s times of loneliness, boredom, tiredness and so much thought put into everything I do but more than anything there’s love. I find this love in the classrooms, in thinking about my dreams, in noticing every little step I take. That helps me remember to just slow down and breathe.
So i get off work late, with tired eyes and a tired mind, i close my laptop, i tidy my room a little bit and i train for like 15-30mins, basic ballet positions, movements I love and things I think my body needs. After that i am able to unwind, shower, make myself some food, put on some calming music, lighting up incense and maybe read or journal. The music is soothing, despite the feeling of loneliness I know there’s people out there who adore me, my cat lays on my chest and i just breathe.
Like many, I have also been distracted on the road towards my dreams. It is never an easy journey. Sometimes it leaves heartbreaks, and sometimes it leaves you terrified. But somewhere on that road, you learn to get up again and continue on. “Lovely Dancer” is about that - the girl in me that lost her music, but fought to get up on her toes again and learn the dance.
As a dancer, I find football boys to be weak. “Oh I didn’t get to finish my protein shake and now I’m going to pass out at my hour long practice” like shut up I had half of a cookie and an advil before my 9-2 rehearsal you’ll be fine
this little girl in my dance studio told me she liked my earrings, that I’m beautiful, asked me to be her friend and ran to her dad to tell him she made a new friend 🥹
Waking up early, having very long important classes, rehearsals up until late and so on. I’m always busy with my backpack, my bottle of water, my small watch and my agenda. I feel very passionate about what i do and I always have enough energy for everything I have to tackle throughout the day. It’s starting to get gloomy so I wear long coats and scarfs to head to rehearsals in theatres and long shoot sessions for commercials and photoshoots i get paid for. I go between that, dance classes and dates with him that end up sleeping early together so we can have breakfast very early in the morning as well. I have an organized but flexible schedule because i don’t do the same things every day but i have routines that ground me when everything gets too chaotic.