I’ve have been so busy since the beginning of December I haven’t had time to blog.  I’m finally taking a deep breath and looking at my blog and I’m feeling a little embarrassed that I’ve got this beautiful blog and I haven’t done very much with it.   It’s really been crazy. Since the beginning of December I’ve set up a neighborhood watch program for my 117 home neighborhood which wasn’t a small deal.  Survived being the supportive mom for 21 performances of the Nutcracker Suite and now since the middle of January we’ve been deep in ballet summer program auditions.

 For those of you who have a budding ballerina –you know the auditions are the hardest part. Some are perfect and others cause tears for days. It’s a huge roller coaster of emotions.  Always trying to improve and then PROVE it in a short period of time with 100 others dancers who are all trying to out do you !  She’s always done her own research for the auditions.  She chooses the ones with the technique she’s looking for.   As a matter of fact, I haven’t chased this at all- it’s all her.  She’s done several auditions each year – targeting professional ballet companies that were really good.  She’s gotten accepted some of the time—and gotten rejected too.  That’s the way it goes……  These auditions are great exposure to what the major companies are requiring for just a small fee. We haven’t done the dance camps that she’s been accepted to --she’s just stayed with her regular dance program and done their summer intensives. She dances here at the Georgia Ballet and is in their student ensemble (their pre-pro division) and she also dances with the professional company.  She’s starting on her 16^th year of dance and practices constantly.  Right now including rehearsal time for Sleeping Beauty, she’s dancing about 25 hours a week in point her shoes. 

Her dream-her GOD DREAM is to be a “missionary ballerina”. She coined the phase-our missions department at church just loves it.   She wants to share Christ with people using her dance.  Her vision is to be in a professional company so that she may live Christ and share Christ with those who might not have an opportunity to hear another way. She has a great testimony of God’s consistent faithfulness.  She recently turned 18 and is seriously looking for a professional company.  So this year all these response letters are “for real”. God is so good!

Blessings!

Mari