Memoir

I don’t remember when or how I got into dance all I remember is that it’s always been a part of my life. I always admired the graceful movements of the dancers I watched on T.V. and those movements inspired me to try new things not necessarily dance but other things. It was as if I was afraid to do what I liked doing best so I always tried to do something else to take my mind away from it. It’s not that I didn’t want to do dance I was just afraid I couldn’t and I always told myself I was better at soccer or kickball even though in reality I knew I wasn’t.

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“Desiree Alicia you stay off that table! I was four years old and still couldn’t comprehend what ‘stay off that table’ meant, well actually its not that I didn’t know I just didn’t want to. My coffee table sits right in the middle of my living room and when I was on it I wasn’t the Desiree that liked to play outside and climb trees or hang out with ...