What is the last thing you learned?

The last 4 to 5 weeks, I’ve been going to Greek dance lessons.

I’ve been bad at the simplest step, however I’ve improved on it each time. When she teaches the variations of it, I’ve sat out and watched…the second variation has steps where you step behind them in front of yourself…my first several attempts at that I always messed it up…so when the harder variations came in (one you hop on the 1 and 4, one you do a four count full 360 degree turn, one you dance backward for half the steps) there was no way I was trying it.

Last night, Rania told me and the other gentleman who is having troubles with the steps that we could go behind the circle and practice the steps if we wanted, as the rest of the group did them…so we did. The gentleman in the group dropped out after the first attempt at the variation…I messed that one up but I kept going, I nailed the second one of that, the hop I’m not fantastic at but I have the concept down and I tried, the 360 degree turn I’m ok at, the backwards step I did ok…so I’m growing at this, albeit very slowly, last night I felt like there was a possibility that someday I could hang with the others, and I came home in a far different mood than in weeks prior.

A lot of the group I’m dancing go with attend church with me, I think the class is helping me to know those people a little better too, so I’m getting more than just dance lessons out of this.

Best,

A