Once there was a little girl, and this little girl loved to dance. All she wanted to do was be a beautiful ballerina one day. She wore a pink tutu everyday for as long as her mom could remember. When there was music playing she was dancing. Even if that was dancing up and down the aisle as the the grocery store, or the music playing during a TV commercial. She would watch video after video of ballerinas on the internet. All she talked about was being up on that stage with the spotlight on her, and how she would have the crowd on their feet by the end of her performance. How she walk back stage like what she did on stage was the easiest thing in the world. She never ever missed a dance rehearsal. Even if she was so sick that her teacher made her sit and watch from the side. Dancing was her world.
      
She was only seven years old when she was headed to her audition for the elite dance team at her studio. Most girls who try out are nine or ten. She could barely sleep the night before. She was just so excited and anxious she couldn’t sleep. Well, that's what she thought. After her mom tucked her into bed she was sleep within minutes after. When she woke up that morning she was ready to go within a blink of an eye. She was so excited to leave that she didn't think she needed to eat breakfast. Her mom wouldn’t leave until she sat ate breakfast.

“I’m not leaving till you eat your cereal.”

“Ok mom. I’ll eat my cereal.”
    

That little girl’s spirit was the biggest I have ever seen. It was incredible. She quickly ate her breakfast and she ran out to the car. She couldn’t sit still, even all bucketed up in the seat. She had her mom play her audition music and she started to do as much of the movements as she could. All her mom could do was smile as her beautiful daughter. Nothing could ruin today for that little girl. 
     
Her mom was so proud of her. Watching her daughter dance gave her such joy and peace. At every recital she cried right before the curtain went up. All she could think about was her daughter's father, and how proud he would be of his little girl. Everytime she takes her daughter back stage for a recital she looks at her and tell her,
      

“You know, your dad would be so proud of you right now. I know that he loves you so very much, and that he wants you to go out there and do your best.”
     

All she does is smile back because she doesn’t remember him. He died when she was very little. Her mom believes that dancing allows her to connect with her dad in a way.

They are about halfway to the studio when out of nowhere the car gets hit by a truck. A couple minutes after they get hit the little girl opens her eyes to see her mom, not awake. She looks up to see the front of the truck squished in the passenger side of the car. Luckily both her and her mom were on the diver’s side of the car and the passenger side only got hit. She tries to unbuckle her seat to get up to hug her mom. The buckle is stuck it won’t come undone. She struggles to try for a couple of minutes, and then she starts to cry and is calling for her mom. Her mom still motionless. She looks over to her right to see a strange man, wearing blue, trying to open the door. When he gets it open she says it's stuck, and he pulls out scissors and cuts the belt to get her out. Another man tries to wake up her mom. The two men look at each other and the one shakes his head, and the man carrying the little girls take her over to the ambulance. There, a really nice lady starts to check her over to kame she see is ok. The lady looks at her and says,
   

“Everything's gonna be ok. You just stay here, and I’ll be right back.”

She listens to the nice lady. She is watching them take her mom out of the car. The little girl starts to cry. She jumps up and starts running over to her mom. When she gets there she sees something sticking out of her chest right where her heart is. The nice lady picks her up and take her back to the ambulance.
    

“What’s wrong with my mommy?”
“Your mom has a piece of glass in her chest, and they are gonna try to take it out.”
     The little girl isn’t sure what to think at this point.
“Will she get to see me dance later? She really wants to see me dance,” the little girl asks.
     

“Your mommy is in a special place right now, and she might not get to see you dance anymore sweetie,” the nice lady answers back.
      

“Is he with my daddy? He went to a special place and never got see me dance.”
“Yeah, your mom and dad are both in a special place right now.”

She never made it to the audition that day. She never really got to dance again after that day. She lost interest in all things dancing. Her aunt never really understood why she loves to dance, so her aunt didn’t support her to keep dancing. Everything changed when she was 15. By then she understood what had happened to both her parents, and she understood what her mother was saying before each of her recitals. After the accident she didn’t want to try anymore. She didn’t have her mom there to be her supporter.

One Day, she decided to try to dance again. She took her music to the auditorium of her school and she just let the music mover her. It didn’t look like she was even trying and she was leaping and turn like it was nothing. One of the boys in her class walked by and heard the music playing, so he went to take a look. When he saw her gliding across the floor his jaw dropped to the ground. he just stood there watching her. She prepped for a turn and their eyes met. She quickly stopped her music and gathered her stuff.
  

“That was incredible. You need to keep going. How come you don’t dance more?”
“I lost my way. Things happened and I gave up on dancing.”
   

“You need to find your back to dancing. That was…. there’s no words.”

With that said. She pulled herself together and started to dance again. She put herself to dance classes and school. She poured her heart and soul back into dancing. All her instructors were in shock when they saw her for the first time. She was so happy that she picked herself back up and started her dream again. She was standing backstage waiting for the group on stage to finish. This was the biggest performance of her life. This is the performance that could make or break in getting to be a Prima Ballerina. her life dream. The only thing was that she didn’t have anyone in the audience that she knew. No mom, dad, brother, sister, aunt, uncle. No one. She took the stage. After her first step there was no stopping her. She was gorgeous. There’s no words to describe what she not only looked like, but the feeling she gave the audience.

About two weeks after her performance she got a letter in the mail. It was acceptance letter into The School of Arts to become a Prima Ballerina. She was able to achieve her long lived dream. She did what she wanted to do with her life. Not only did it take everything she had, but she had support along the way to get there. Really, all it took was the one boy in her class that got her back on track to get back on the road she was on. Stay faithful, be full of hope, pick yourself back up, set your determination, and you will go far. If you get knocked down, just pick yourself back up and power through it. You got this.