Slow Dance...

My two girls love to dance. They dance to anything, music on the radio, Jake whistling and even the hymns at church. Our coffee table has become their stage and anyone who will watch is their audience. I received this email from my brother this week and wondered if I was dancing too fast or possibly encouraging my children to pick up the pace.

(This is Sammie in her first ballet class...she is the second from the right.)

(This is Alex only a few months old and already a little princess...I think she was destined to be a dancer.)

This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital ..

It was sent by a medical doctor -

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Do you run through each day

On the fly?

When you ask How are you?

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done

Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Ever told your child,

We'll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,

Not see his

sorrow?

Ever lost touch,

Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time

To call and say,'Hi'

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away.

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over.

This young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to the fullest, since she never will be able to.

She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.

Life is so short...may we all enjoy every moment!