BALANCING MY LIFE WITH "EMBARRASING FUN"!

9月

25日

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEA!

Last night I went to Bea's 60th b-day celebration. She's from Hungary and a lot of her dance group friends were there. Her husband, who is also from Hungary, put together the music and lighting. My picture shows just women, but plenty of the men participated in the round dances. Lots of food! Loved it.

Our Japanese ethnic gatherings are much more subdued. But now I'm remembering my father-in-law. He enjoyed his parties in the "old days". He often got up and danced and sang, to the embarrassment of all his kids and wife.

After last night, I have a new appreciation for our parents and their dance parties. Sam and I got up and danced the jitter bug at our neighbors wedding one time. That wasn't someting we did much. When we first married, we used to have banquets at the end of the bowling season with dancing. Too many of us Japanese heritage individuals continue to worry too much about sticking out, "the nail that sticks out gets pounded down?"

Now that I'm 84-yrs, I might be willing to try looking a little stupid and doing more dancing???