You never appreciate what you have until its gone

For the last few months I have been off dancing due to a back injury. Now, I have been dancing since 2004 and have only ever missed a few classes. Dancing is the one thing that I always looked forward to each week. I danced on a Tuesday, doing: classical, jazz and pointe and then on Saturday I did: ballet and contemporary. I also student teach grade 2,3 in ballet and jazz. To go from doing something every week, to not doing it for months has honestly been one of the hardest things I have done. Dancing is so special to me, it’s my way to relax and helps reduce stress. Some of my closest friends are at dance, and my teachers are amazing.  

Having a back injury is hard. It’s not like I could just go and do netball instead, or go for a run when I needed to relax. There was a few days where I missed school because I couldn’t get out of bed. I found myself becoming more overwhelmed by everything and missing out on all these fun activities like school rowing and my dance exam.

My first blog post was called ‘Appreciate the little things’. To be honest, I never really appreciated dancing until I couldn’t dance. It was just something fun I use to do twice a week to relax and stay fit. To sit on the sidelines and watch all my friends having fun was so hard because all I wanted to do was be dancing around with them.

Anyway, the reason for this post is to say: Appreciate what you have. I know I seem to toss that saying around a lot but you really never appreciate what you have until its gone.