My baby ballerina will be getting married very soon and the current season of dancing is wrapping up in a few days - thus the ending of an era for her.
And for me.
I've been sewing ribbons and elastic on pointe shoes for quite a few years now, (I'm talking hundreds of pointe shoes, people) and I have just done so for the last time. Four ribbons, two pieces of elastic, two pink satin shoes with painful boxes in the toes that must be balanced upon. (Whacko, really.)
It seems quite reasonable that my heart would have a pang of nostalgia or some such other emotion about this maternal chore no longer being required of me, but I simply feel Happy Relief. (No more elastic! No more ribbon! No more $70 a pair!)
Fast forward a few days to this weekend where I will watch my baby dance for possibly the last time, a different matter entirely. (Sob!)
