Sitting at the top of the back row, its pitch dark and I can’t seem to keep a steady hand with my digital camera. I nervously start the record feature… this thing is awesome it records in HD?!?!??! I know I get easily distracted by toys! I can’t seem to comprehend the feelings I’m getting. It’s a hot muggy Sunday afternoon jammed into an auditorium where the air-conditioning seems like it can barely keep up.

Almost 4 years… and I am watching what amounts to being bigger than the Super Bowl, the Grand Slam in Tennis, March Madness and all other major events into one event that would change my life.  I see four figures march on to the stage. They are so adorable in their pink ballet costumes. There she is…

Anjali is the second from the right in the movie I have embedded below. How did she grow up so fast where she was performing in front of an audience that is larger than any audience I have ever been in front of and doesn’t look intimidated at all? How did this little girl that I swore I was holding in my arms become this little princess that loves to dance?

It was May 23^rd, and it was a day that I almost broke down in tears. Almost… maybe a little misty eyed. I have to keep up a reputation don’t I? The familiar song of “Once Upon a Dream” from the Disney classic Sleeping Beauty came through the speakers as I saw her move and dance to the music.

She was perfect! My little angel was dancing, doing ballet moves that she teaches me in the family room on a regular basis, and was dancing so well. She was by far the best one! I know, I am not necessarily supposed to say that, but I am! She was! I couldn’t stop smiling.

The crowd was captivated, they latched on to every note, every move, cheering, and laughing and enjoying these tiny dancers as they took their hearts. Every accomplishment that I have had in my life is nothing compared to that. I understand the thought of wanting your children to exceed what you have done and she is 3!

Maybe I was realizing that this is one of those major, life changing steps that I had when I was younger and how life shifted gears as I grew. I see it in her or maybe that I adore her, admire her, and appreciate her like no one else does and that everything she does is of a monumental nature.

During the few months leading up to it, let’s just say life has been a bit chaotic. So much on my mind, so much in my heart, so many things to try to manage at once I couldn’t keep it straight. I used to have this mind that would remember everything and down to a detail, I never wrote things down, I never took notes… I just knew it… this is one of those moments that I will never forget. It’s the 40 Seconds of Bliss that made life stop… it made it sweeter… it made it better and all my stress and struggles disappeared.

My baby girl did that for me without even trying. What a day… I want more of those… but not too quickly! She still isn’t dating until 27! =) Wow, still speechless on the wonder. Makes me proud, makes me feel like a parent.