My little dance thing

This will be quick. While visiting family this week, I got innocently asked by a sweet relative who I hadn’t seen in a few years:

Are you still doing your little dance thing?

(Again, said in a very kind and curious tone)

Years ago, insecure, I would have clapped back with a sarcastic response - assuming she was suggesting that what I was doing was silly, small, or taking too long to be taken seriously. And sometimes when we are insecure or not feeling good about ourselves or our progress, we have to bring others around us down, too. Yuck, but true.  

In response, I just smiled and said,

Sure am.  

And there’s so much more I could have said.  Good, bad, and strugg-ly.

I didn’t feel the need in that moment to justify, embellish, posture or drop any credentials (well, other than that I mayyyy have brought her up to speed that we are expanding to Mexico City next year … casual).  

It felt good to quietly know that I’m right where I’m supposed to be on this “little” journey.  Thank you for reading this and being a BIG part of it!