I was crying on the shoulder of a friend recently - the kind of friend who lets you enumerate your entire list of grievances but then makes sure you know all the responsibility to change belongs to you. And so with her it is safe to tell of the recent strain between The Man and I. Nothing monumental, just all the little things lately - us both under the pressures of moving and babies and parenting struggles - that added up to the blanket statement, "I just feel like he has let me down." As soon as the words were past my lips, I was instantly transported back in time to the competition a few weeks ago at the ballroom. The junior dancers had no more than 120 seconds to impress the judges with their routines of precise footwork, elaborate twirls, and daring aerials. Each couple combined skill and risk to present a jaw-dropping performance. One particular display of Latin and high steps and red skirt included a maneuver where the male lead twirled his beautifully clad ...
"These days, the closer she looks at her life, the more beauty she sees. There is something worth noticing everywhere."