Little ballerina

More pages today from my 'when I grow up' book. Today the pages are about my desire when I was very little to be a ballerina - and a truly awful picture to go with it LOL but the pages also include the story of how it didn't quite work out as I expected. The journalling strips read as follows ....

I started ballet when I was 5 - later than a lot of people. Maybe THAT’S why I couldn’t cut it as a profession! Yeh - right. That and the fact I was not really any good at it.

I did ballet for three years, appearing in two shows at the Bournemouth Pavilion - once as a firefly and once as a rosebud - and I believed I was a star! I KNEW I was a star.

Oh yes - I knew I’d be a famous ballerina when I grew up. Or at least I did until I

found ballroom dancing. Now THAT I could do and do extremely well!

Once I started ballroom I found my niche. I completed every exam I could take in record time and was regional champion. Dancing was my life, every waking moment.

I knew I would make it my career and be successful- until I had a very serious accident age 12, putting me out of dancing for 2 years. Walking was a problem, let alone dance.

On recovery I was only ever going to be average. Not good enough! My dreams

of being a professional dancer when I grew up were crushed for ever.

The accident I had changed the course of my life in many ways. It was due to the accident I gave up dancing. Due to the accident I wanted to become a physiotherapist. Due to the accident I am as unfit as I am (well ... allow me the luxury of that one!) and due to the accident that I have terrible back problems.

I went for a cutesy look on the page, hence the ballerina lettering delights fonts. well let's face it ... when else was I ever going to get the chance to use it.

I have just come back from the opticians after having my eyes re-tested. the test showed up exactly the same results as before and the glasses appear to be right so the fact I can't see through them is apparently because I have not persevered with them for long enough. I guess the weird vision and resultant sickness and headaches must have made me give up too quickly! I am to persevere with them for another week and then go back if I still can't wear the pair that cost me £300. It could be I need to have frames that are not rimless at the bottom. It could be all or none of the above. Mmmmmm - why am I worried!

I did have a fab fab time today though. Linda and her mobile scrap shop came to work today just for me and Jakki. She filled her boot with the luscious new goodies that had just arrived from America and Jakki and I went berserk. well I did! I got so many things I have been waiting for - knowing Linda was getting them in. I can't wait to play with them. I got six sets of clear stamps to begin with and so many gorgeous little boxes and albums and chipboard bits and just so much lush lush stuff. I have been saving up for this binge! Linda was so kind coming in to bring it to us. You can't ask for better than that, now can you. We were all giggling as it was a bit like some sort of nefarious deal - selling from the boot of the car LOL. I am so blessed to have Linda as a friend - and not just because she brings fab stash to work. I really am very lucky - she is a very special lady in so many ways.

So off to play with my new toys for a bit.

Comments

[Mel]

What a cute page for your book but what a sad story about your accident. The TuTu really suited you! When it is world book day you could go to school dressed as Angelina Ballerina :) Mel xx

[Jennie]

Lovely pages so far Karen - I must make a start with mine! Am so behind on this class! Do hope you get the glasses sorted out - doesn't sound to me as if they are right in spite of what the optician says!
Jennie xx

[Dianne]

What a revealing story. Thank you for sharing. I haven't started on this project yet but hope to soon. Again, thank you for sharing a part of you.
Dianne

[Susan]

What a beautiful page, and the journalling is fantastic. You sound so wistful...I always wanted to have ballet lessons but my family was never able to afford them - and I suspect I would have been dreadful anyway! Lol!

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[Heather]

I love these pages and the story behind them Goodness Karen I could read your life story all day!! Thank you for sharing so much of you xx

[Yizzard]

It took me nearly a month to get used to my bi-focals and I had the weird headaches, couldnt see properly out the darn glasses etc. Hope you get sorted soon with them though.