Bella Mama, Prima Ballerina

I worked up a piece that I meant to post here for Mother's Day. But as I worked on it, I found I was enjoying myself too much, and after a few revisions I submitted it to the NPR tributary "This I Believe" instead. Somewhere in me, it's been a goal of mine for a long time to write something I thought might be good enough to submit to any kind of publication. And maybe I just needed something as inspiring as motherhood to help me realize that goal. It was fun, and energizing. So if you're interested, you can find my first attempt at sharing my heart with the world at large here.