The Ugly Duckling
When I was little probably five or six, I took ballet lessons along with my friend that lived across the street from me. To be honest I don’t remember a whole lot about the lessons themselves. What I do remember is the recital we had. This is probably because of the two 8 x 10 pictures, featuring the group of us little girls, in our costumes, in my baby book. (I just went looking to see the pictures and verify there weren’t more photos. When my parents moved into their motorhome I was sure my mom gave me my childhood photo albums, but if she did I don’t know what I did with them. So, note to self, check with mom about photo albums.) Anyway, what I remember is being able to wear make-up, and getting to dress up in costumes. We must have had two numbers that we performed because we were all wearing two different costumes in the pictures. In one of the pictures we are all wearing pretty, royal blue, sequined ballet costumes. ...