Today I said goodbye to the job and work-family I have had for six years. It has been an utterly overwhelming day. I have been showered with gifts and cards, kind words and well wishes, hugs and tears from colleagues old and new, students and even parents. I am at a loss to express how [...]
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Confessions of a Dancing Heart
The last few weeks (and months) have been filled with rehearsals and musical dilemmas as we prepared for the Lina Monti School of Dance 20th anniversary show. I have been dancing with this school for the last 20 years (plus another 9 years before that, when it was Hazel Grove Academy of Dance); I have [...]
New Year’s Intentions
Another year been and gone - they fly by quicker and quicker, don't they? Those of you who have followed Thrive in Chaos for some time may remember from previous New Year posts that I no longer make New Year's resolutions - they're too easy to give up on after week one and only become [...]