{Five Minute Friday} Graceful

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Today's word:  GRACEFUL

"Are you a dancer?"

"ME?" 

I laugh at the idea. 

"I'm so clumsy I turn 6 inches to early and walk into walls!"

"Hmmm. Well, you look graceful on stage, the way you walk."

ME?

Graceful?

Hah!

I am anything but "graceful"!

I am "chicken legs" according to Jeffrey Flahrety back in 8th grade.

I am "klutzy" according to my brother.

I am "hopelessly awkward" according to those who encounter me.

But he said I'm graceful. On stage. He didn't say "chicken legs" or "klutzy" or "hopelessly awkward." 

He said "graceful."

And I close my eyes and remember how graceful I was long before "chicken legs" or "klutzy" or "hopelessly awkward"...all the recesses spent trotting and cantering and full-out galloping across the playground.

Yes, somewhere inside, there is still a me that is graceful.

I reach for her. 

And I am.