Drifting through life

the second set of words from Delores was: 1. dance 2. France 3. prance 4. romance 5. stance 6. glance Here goes.... "Dad, we need to talk. I'm taking a stand, this is my stance ...." Scott faltered a moment, unsure if stance was the correct word, then straightened and looked his Dad in the eyes.  "You know how much I want this, how much I love to dance , won't you let me take this chance?" Wayne stood and came out from behind his desk, crossing the room to look down at Scott. He glance d away for a moment, unable to suppress a twitch that might have been the beginning of a smile......."let me get this straight. You want me to let you go to France , to prance around in tights on some stage in front of hundreds of people?" Scott took a deep breath, stood his ground and replied, "yes". "Son, when you first started this ballet stuff, I was disappointed, I admit that, I'd hoped you'd play basketball, like I did. ...

Most of the time I suspect I don't dream at all. I fall asleep and wake up in the morning. Sometimes way too early, like 2am or 3am and let me tell you, the peace and quiet of the wee hours is perfect for reading in bed with a cup of coffee or milo. Especially if you've already been deeply asleep for several hours and are now wide awake. Anyway...sometimes I dream, but on waking in the morning I remember nothing but that I have dreamt and the dream was a good one or maybe something that left me feeling unsettled. Have you ever noticed how an unsettling dream throws off your whole day even though you can't remember the dream? A few days ago, I dreamed that I'd opened my cutlery drawer to put things away and found all the cutlery mixed up like someone had taken all of it and just dumped it in without sorting into the proper compartments. I remember feeling confused and knowing that it couldn't possibly have been me, so who had been in my kitchen?  Why would any...