The most important thing I was worried about was that we were dealing with kids. We all know the attention spans of kids can only run so far especially when it comes to teaching anything.  I think that whole thought process was left outside right when we walked into the schoolyard. I walked in and like I said before I just got lost with the kids and ran through feeling. I asked them “How does dance make you feel?” They all just started grooving and two-stepping and it was just so natural. So I went into grooves and from their all the excitement just elevated.  These kids were having blast smiling and so eager to learn anything I taught them. I just remember teaching them waves and hearing the kids voices repeating everything I taught was probably one of the best feelings I’ve ever had.

I’ve taught plenty of children but this was so different. I knew that this experience to them was as rare as it was for me. That moment was so special cuz I knew we both wanted to give everything in that little time we had. I remember after taking pictures with the kids I noticed the dirt handprints that were left on my shirt. That was a pretty hard moment for me to hold in my emotions just biting my lip and taking a big deep breath. Those handprints were a representation of the impact of how they touched me and how I touched them. That was reciprocation at it’s finest.