Tuesday, July 2, 2013

My Heart Dances


Source: via 'Angelica on Pinterest

Sometimes we try to put ourselves in boxes, check off items on a list of how we should be to fit some sort of category that could never encompass who we truly are.

But lately, my heart dances with a freedom that both lifts me and grounds me to this earth I love.  I throw on a simple black maxi dress and sandals and I take hold of the little hand connected to the little person who watches and mimics and strives to dance in my footsteps.  I find myself wandering down a sidewalk, excited for the adventure that is breathing and cloud watching and coffee drank by a toddler (oh my!).

I do not fit in a category.  I am defined by my choices and there are too many wonderful things in this world to ever try to just be simple.  I am a messy perfectionist.  I am a realistic dreamer.  I dance to Indian music in a restaurant because the beat moves in my soul and my shoulders and hips sway because there is no way they could not.  And those eyes that follow me are in a head that sways as well.  How strange that the title "Mama" would be the thing that set me free from trying to fit anything. 

So I walk with my heart thumping to a tune I set with the life I am living.   I do not shy from the fact that I am a woman whose walk draws eyes, because I was designed this way and He did a glorious job thankyouverymuch.  I do not take the time to concern myself with those who would say I can't be this or that because I don't meet their narrow view of whatever that is.  I laugh loudly when I am truly delighted and smile politely when I'm distracted and stop apologizing for either.

I pull back my mane and sway my hips to Macklemore, my feet stomping in a kitchen as I preserve food and never once does it occur to me that I am a contradiction in that moment to the girlie girl who loves to wear a floor length gown and buys jewels that are ridiculous.  Both of these sides are just me and I am perfectly fine with that.  I fought a war of which was more authentically me for far longer than battles should go on and finally cried out, "Enough."

I am enough.  Enough of a woman, Christian, writer, mother, wife, dancer, dreamer, cook, spell binder.  And I say to you, amazing person reading these words, that you too are enough.  You too are glorious, complicated, and worthy of broken boxes. 

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    1. Thanks Sarah. It was good to see my own voice come across right. :-)

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    1. Thanks Ping....and hugs to you and your beautiful Tessa!

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  3. I don't fit a single category, either. I love to dress up for special events but my everyday look is more hippie/bohemian. I used to worry if people would find that unusual but it is what it is and I'm learning to embrace it. I love this post!

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    1. Deanna, how amazing would this world be if we as women stopped trying to fit something and just embraced our amazing complexities. Glad you're making headway there.

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  4. I really needed to see this today.
    Like really, really.
    Thank you!

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  5. Loved this! You've got a great outlook on life :)

    Keep on dancin', copine!

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  6. Brilliant post.

    Your post reminded me that I need to just 'be'.

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