The Will to Dance

My daughter commented on this blog on my Facebook .  I want to share what she said. "One of my fondest memories of you is of that evening when I came out to the middle of nowhere to meet up with you and all our extended family (Missy, Edie, ect) to watch Denny play. You were dancing with all the children as the sun sank, laughing and singing as the band on stage praised God. Spinning in circles with your shoes kicked off and uninhibited. Just pure innocence and joy! I love you! "

As I look back on that night last summer, I am filled with awe and fond memories as well.  The circumstances were bleak.  Hubby was approaching two years unemployed.  I was still working, but it wasn't enough.  We lost our house and were in the middle of moving into a rental, a very tiny box.  Moving is not cheap even when downsizing. There was a concert of various groups, all christian in nature.  It was outside on a warm summer day.  I was at such a low point, but then the music began to play.  Yes, I danced.  I do not know if it is my abandon, my silliness, or what but before I knew it, as often happens, I was surrounded by children!  So, as I sit here remembering this wonderful evening, I think I will put on some music, continue to do laundry...and if you enter my home right now, you will find me dancing with abandon.  Sometimes we just need to dance.
 "Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well.  I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow."  Jeremiah 31:13