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Nostalgic win

Last Saturday at our monthly flamenco show, a former ballet student of mine was in the audience. It'd been 20 or 30 years since I had seen her. After having a professional ballet career, she is now a married mom with 3 kids and runs her own dance school. She was easily recognizable to me, but she was not quite placing who I was.... when I told her, she squealed, "OH! That Carol! Short haired Carol! Army Carol! One of my favorite teachers Carol!" We had a lovely chat, and I was reminded that we never know the effect we have in other peoples' lives...especially when we're being our authentic selves. I was somewhat surprised to realize the positive effect I had had on her when she was a teen. And that she not only remembered me as a teacher, but remembered me fondly.

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