WHEN I WAS FOUR MY PARENTS RECIEVED A BAG OF CLOTHES, AND IN THE BAD WAS A VERY TINY PAIR OF BALLET SLIPPERS. MY FATHER PROMISED ME THAT ONE DAY I WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE DANCE CLASSES. AND THAT WAS THE START OF MY LOVE OF DANCE. WHEN I WAS AROUND TEN I TOOK A TAP CLASS, WHICH WAS MY FIRST DANCE CLASS EVER. I DIDN'T DANCE AGAIN UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL. ONE SUMMER AND THE FIRST TIME I EVER WENT TO BAND CAMP, ALL THE GIRLS IN THE BAND WERE ASKED IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN COLOR GUARD. THE GUARD TEACHER WAS WAITING INFRONT OF 150 BAND MEMBERS FOR GIRLS TO WALK INFRONT EVERYONE AND JOIN A GROUP. I WAS PAINFULLY SHY, UNSURE OF MYSELF, AND I HATED BEING NOTICED IN A PUBLIC SETTING. BUT I WANTED SO BADLY TO BE ABLE TO TWIRL AROUND, DANCE, AND MOVE TO MUSIC. SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME WHISPERED, "IF YOU WANT IT BADLY ENOUGH, YOU WILL JUST GET UP AND DO IT". SO I WALKED UP AND JOINED THE OTHER GIRLS, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT BUT I WAS SO HAPPY. AND DANCING IN COLLEGE WAS THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I DANCED WITH GIRLS THAT DANCED SINCE THEY WERE TWO. I PUSHED MY BODY TO DO THINGS I THOUGHT I NEVER COULD. SO RIGHT NOW, I AM ADDICTED TO WATCHING THIS SHOW CALLED DANCE ACADEMY. AND THERE IS AN ACHE IN MY HEART TO BE ABLE TO WALK INTO A DANCE ROOM, PLACE MY HAND ON A BALLET BARRE, AND POINT MY TOES. I MISS EVERYTHING ABOUT DANCE. WHEN I HEAR MUSIC I SEE CHOREOGRAPHY AND DANCERS MOVING. HOPEFULLY ONE DAY SOON I WILL BE ABLE TO JUST MOVE LIKE THAT AGAIN. I AM HOPING THAT I CAN START GOING TO ZUMBA AGAIN. IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST ABOUT EVERY DANCE. AND I MISS HAVING FRIENDS AND BONDING WITH AMAZING AND FUNNY PEOPLE. JUST LOOK AND THE GLEAM IN MY EYES IN THIS DANCE ROOM. WHAT A HAPPY MOMENT THIS WAS :)