We're On a Break
We're on a break. Anytime you hear that phrase you immediately think the couple is about to break up. Either that or they'll realize their undying love and devotion to one another and get married once they've come to their senses. Right? Even when the context is not a romantic relationship, but rather a career it conjures up the same reactions. For the last ten years, I've been teaching dance professionally and performing for the pure joy of it. So after a series of unfortunate events I now find myself saying rather frequently "I'm taking a break". I doubt anyone I say that to thinks much about it, but I do. It has now become a thought I have to avoid because it is so confusing and painful. No, I don't know what I'm going to do next. Besides cleaning up my freaking house and playing "catching up with all of the Mrs. Jones's" who spent their COVID years organizing every nook and cranny of their house, garage, and car. No, I don'...