Dancing Queen

My birthday was so special this year. My friends spoiled me, my girls made me the sweetest decorations, Hubs and I went out on the town. I am feeling so grateful for my loved ones and for myself. Self-love doesn't always come naturally to me. I'm learning, in my older age, to have compassion for myself. To treat myself kindly. To try to give myself what I need. This past year I've followed threads of sweetness. I've spent moments in relative stillness. I've gotten loads of fresh air. I've had fun.

Recently I've taken a few dance classes. My girlfriend turned me onto these workout classes that involve lots of moving and grooving. The other women in the class are total pros. They're all fit. They all know the moves. I only go sporadically and I'm not the most coordinated. I can't exactly keep up with the choreography. But I try my best, and I have so much fun. Not to mention I feel badass and strong.

On my birthday I took off from work and went to dance class. My super sweet friend surprised me with an array of my favorite things. I danced my heart out. At the end of class I lay, stretching, appreciating. I basked in that post-workout glow, feeling so much love for my fellow classmates, our teacher, the experience. The perfect song came on. Then I blew out a candle on a black and white cookie, and made a wish.

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I Am Woman by Emmy Meli

I am woman, I am fearless
I am sexy, I'm divine
I'm unbeatable, I'm creative
Honey, you can get in line
I am feminine, I am masculine
I am anything I want
I can teach you, I can love you
If you got it goin' on
If you got it, got it, got it, got it, got it, got it
If you got it, got it, got it, got it, got it goin' on
Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it, got it
If you got it, got it, got it, got it, got it goin' on
Got it on goin' on, yeah
(Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it goin' on)
(Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it goin' on)
I am classy, I am modern, I live by my own design
I'm cherry, I'm lemon, I'm the sweetest key lime pie
I'm electric, I'm bass, I'm the beat of my own drum
I could make your goosebumps raise with the tracing of my thumb
Only love can get inside me
I move in my own timing
Voice of the future, speak to me kindly
I feel what I want and somehow it find me
Somehow it find me
Somehow it find me
Yeah, hey, hey
I am woman, I am fearless
I am sexy, I'm divine
I'm unbeatable, I'm creative
Honey, you can get in line
I am feminine, I am masculine
I am anything I want
I can teach you, I can love you
If you got it goin' on
If you got it, got it, got it, got it, got it, got it
If you got it, got it, got it, got it, got it goin' on
Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it, got it
If you got it, got it, got it, got it, got it goin' on
Got it goin' on, yeah
(Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it goin' on)
(Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it goin' on, yeah, yeah)
Hear no evil, speak no evil
I am not the one to cross
They can talk that shit about you
Long as you know that it's false
I am earthly, I am heaven
I am what I like to be
When I ask for what I want
Somehow it find me
Somehow it find me
(Hey, hey)
I am woman, I am fearless
I am sexy, I'm divine
I'm unbeatable, I'm creative
Honey, you can get in line
I am feminine, I am masculine
I am anything I want
I can teach you, I can love you
If you got it goin' on
If you got it, got it, got it, got it
Got it, got it, got it goin' on
Got it goin' on
Got it goin' on
Got it goin' on