"Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration, or healing: we are not alone." - Brene Brown The Gifts of Imperfection
Writing this down so I don't ever forget this precious moment....
Last night, Sunday, we were at Nanny and Papa's house for Sunday dinner. The ladies and most of the men were in the kitchen putting the final touches on dinner, when Judah pressed play on the music player and upbeat Jazz music started blasting out of the speakers.
He turned around in fear and surprise, his hand over his ears, and instantly his face melted into laughter and glee. For we had all started dancing. Nanny started dancing as she set dishes out, my mom and I started dancing as we made the salad, my dad and brothers grooved to the music, and Anna shook her hips like a pro, holding Liliana's hands. Papa, on his constant wanders, came back into the kitchen intrigued by the hubbub. Immediately he started moving to the rhythm. His mind is diseased and his body getting frail but the ability to sense the rhythm is still going strong. We all laughed, and dinner took a little longer to set out because we all kept dancing.
Life has been heavy lately. World news is heavy, politics is heavy, business is heavy, finances, family, health....heavy. I think, though, as long as we have the ability for kitchen dance parties the heaviness of life will not be victorious over joy.
(Just to make you smile )
May your day have at least one kitchen dance party in it!
With love,
Wow!! Your kitchen dance party is really very awesome. Good to find the whole family having an enjoyable moment. Have arranged a dinner party at one of Los Angeles venues for my lovely family. It was a stunning day and everything was done perfectly. Everyone enjoyed that day.
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