Last night, I put on one of the music channels on as my daughter (18 months old) loves to dance around. Trying to find a video without half naked women was a challenge, but that’s for another article. Anyway, I found a song that had a nice dance beat with happy, clothed singers…Once the music went on my daughter turned into the penguin in Disney’s movie ‘Happy Feet’. She stomped up and down, did a few twirls and then suddenly looked to me for something more…
I said, ‘are you looking at me?’ and she said, ‘yes.’
I said, ‘do you want me to dance with you?’ and she said ‘peeease’ (please).
So…I stood up, scooped her up and started to bounce. I’m a bouncer…not a dancer. I have no rhythm and fear the dance floor, but lucky for me my daughter didn’t mind…
My daughter squealed with laughter, hugged my neck tighter and tighter and threw out her little legs over and over. She put her cheek to mine or snuggled into my shoulder squeezing tighter and tighter. The experience was a combination of dancing and cuddling – cuddle dancing!
What a moment! There’s no doubt about it, I was living from my heart and enjoying the journey. So – if you need an uplift in your day…find a child (if you don’t have one yourself, I’m sure you can borrow one) and boogie it down with a cuddle dance.
