Dancing With My Stars
Everyone loves to dance!
Well, it appears that most people either enjoy dancing or
watching dancing. I would imagine that the television network, ABC,
gambled on their show Dancing with the Stars.
It was a gamble that hit the jackpot. Don't let ABC know this,
but I don't get it. Perhaps it's because I've always had two left
feet. Couple that with the fact that I was almost killed in an
injury when I was 19 resulting in right side paralysis, and I guess
you could say I now have "1-1/2 left feet."
Regardless, I still don't get the phenomenon and I am happy for
the show's millions of viewers.
Some time ago, after I was injured, I tried to dance. My father
was retiring as Senior Rabbi of his synagogue and the synagogue was
having a party for him at a hotel ballroom with a band and, you
guessed it, there was dancing.
Everyone was there, everyone was dancing, everyone was having a
good time. Though most might have questioned my attempt to dance, I
never let that get to me.
So, with the band playing melodiously, I stood up from my seat
at the table and calmly asked my 82-year-old grandmother sitting to
my left, "Grandma, would you like to dance?
My mother's mother then replied, "MichaelŠ oh noŠ my back is
killing me and my feet are aching as well. But thank you for the
offer."
I then quickly went to my grandmother's left where my other
grandmother, my 90 year old father's mother, was sitting and asked
her the same question.
"Honey, my knees are killing me and my neck is so sore, but if
you can go out to the dance floor, I can go as well."
That was my "bubbie" (Yiddish for grandmother) -- a spit fighter
full of spirit, always willing to try anything.
My bubbie and I went to the dance floor and began "dancing."
All of a sudden, I felt a tap on my left shoulder.
"Michael, may I cut in on bubbie?" It was my mother's mother!
I smiled and said, "Of course."
Both my grandmothers were in pain -- however, both grandmothers
were willing to try.
Both grandmothers have since passed away, but I will always
remember that evening when I was honored to "Dance With My Stars." I
believe it was their last dance.
As I looked to the heavens, I smiled and lovingly said, "Thank
you. First, for the dance, but more importantly, for teaching me so
much about life."
~ Michael Segal ~
msegalhope at aol.com
Shot in the head during a robbery, Michael Jordan Segal defied all
odds by first surviving and then returning to college. He then
earned two degrees with honors, married his high school sweetheart,
Sharon, and became a father to their daughter Shawn. Currently Michael
is working on two book projects and a CD, entitled POSSIBLE, with some
of his short stories, available on his website: http://www.inspirationbymike.com. Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNeRqpaoNpQ
[ By: Mike Segal Copyright © 2009 (msegalhope at aol.com) -- {used with permission} ]
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