You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

Months ago Ken and I talked about taking a dance lesson or two before the wedding. In theory it was a good idea. In practice it was next to impossible to find anywhere to pick up a dance lesson in the summertime. The best we could do was a how-to lesson on YouTube. My son and his bride took dance lessons at an Arthur Murray Dance Studio in California, so I hoped he would give me a quick lesson before the big event. As luck would have it, the groom and the groomsmen spent the afternoon before the wedding in our hotel suite. I took advantage of the time together and asked my son to give me a twirl around the coffee table ~

Then Ken and I took a few practice steps. The things we remembered from the video were to stand up straight, smile wide, and look at each other as if we were looking at the most beautiful person in the world. We could do that, and we got a case of the giggles every time ~

At the reception, the only couple we wanted to watch on the dance floor was Peter and Claudia ~

They did a beautiful job, complete with a twirl ~

I heard just before it was my turn that Peter had selected the song What A Wonderful World for our dance. I knew I wouldn't be able to hold it together if I listened to the words, so I focused on Peter. We talked about what a wonderful day it had been, and I told him I knew he was going to be happy. We talked and laughed. There would be time for tears later ~

Ken was slow to take to the dance floor, but once he was warmed up he was raring to go. We haven't danced that much since our own wedding. Somehow my daughter caught us in one of the few moments of the evening when we weren't grinning ear to ear ~