Hello Friends
Didn't expect Strictly to wallop me like this. In a few days it's coming up on 16 years since Daddy died. He loved ballroom dancing and won several medals for his Foxtrot and Quickstep. We used to watch SCD together for the first six series and he would always be heard saying, "call that a Foxtrot???" He never did get that it was entertainment over dancing! I've always loved dancing, first one up on the dance floor, last one off, and have enjoyed SCD dancing my way through Saturday evenings for the last 19 years from September to December. So it's making me even more sad that I can no longer do this. Bloody Parkinson's is robbing me of everything I love doing. So if you love dancing {or anything else for that matter} go out and DANCE with all your heart and soul . . . dance like no one is watching, dance like Elaine {Seinfeld} if you must, but DANCE my darlings, DANCE . . .
Elaine is a wonder of grace and style in comparison to me but you are right, I need to get my groove on. T-Rex, Jeepster is my choice.
ReplyDeleteI have always been self conscious dancing. My husband is very uninhibited! Years ago he cleared the dancefloor at a work colleague's wedding, giving a very spirited performance (no drink involved), which earned a huge round of applause at the end. I was SO embarrassed, but I was sitting next to a colleague who had two prosthetic legs and a prosthetic arm who was grinning from ear to ear. When my husband eventually sat down he shook his hand and said "You were doing that for me. That is what I feel inside!"
ReplyDeleteRemember how you used to dance and think that those wonderful dancers are doing it on your behalf. x
I've had to do a google search for 'dance like Elaine {Seinfeld}' because I didn't have a clue ... Seinfeld wasn't a show I've watched.
ReplyDeleteHowever Strictly is definitely a show I love to watch and I enjoyed tonight's (27 Sept) already looking forward to next weeks show :)
My beloved Eddie was just like your Dear Dad as he too would often comment "call that a Foxtrot???"
Your angst with Parkinson's is coming across loud and clear, and your advice to dance while you can or do the things you love is an important one.
I'm sending you a great big hug.
God bless.
All the best Jan
This is such a true, poignant post. As I indicated in my today's post of our Cork Popper gathering, many of us (me included) were on crutches, rolling chairs, canes, and one whose stroke has left him radically diminished, his wife dealing with her own health issues. So this hits me, as I struggle to even clear the table or make the bed, much less do anything fun, that there is no time to waste when it comes to living as you wish.
ReplyDeleteIt's heartbreaking to read this Debbie. You will just have to dance in your head now, like I think about when I had my lovely Fahly-horse and the rides we had together. Well done to your dad being such a good ballroom dancer. Not something any of my family were ever good at!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your poor health Debbie and the fact that you can no longer do so many of the things you used to. Thinking of you especially on the anniversary of your father's passing
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