1.
I have to write every day; recently it’s been in
a blog that I’m considering sharing called Marlethemom. But it’s not quite
ready yet. I’ll keep you posted. (haha - guess you figured that one out!)
2.
I’m a chronic and compulsive list-maker. I have
lists of “things to do” “songs/steps to choreograph/to” “people to reach out
to” and about a million other crazy ones. I make them all the time, every day,
and I have a special notebook with just lists in it.
3.
I love paper, notes, post-its, cards, stationery,
pens, and anything to do with books and words. In another life, I own a
paeperie in Paris that I tend to at night after I dance at the Paris Opera
Ballet. (Since this is my fantasy life, I also have really great hair.)
4.
I believe in heaven; I believe that babies
choose us as parents, and I believe I will see all my loved ones again one day.
Some days that belief gets me through the fact that my grandfathers never met
my husband or my children.
5.
The fact that my husband proposed to me in Paris
is one of the most poetic things that has ever happened in my life. I feel
confident that when I am old, I will remember that day with clarity, though I
might forget my own name. Ditto for our wedding day.
6.
Anyone who knows me already knows how much I
love my job; I feel called to be a teacher and I am proud and happy to be one
every day. (Not ALL day every day, but every day.) I think teaching is an honor
and a privilege, and I feel lucky to get to know some very cool people when
they’re just kids. I’m forever indebted to the three men who gave me my start
in teaching. Also, the classes of 2000 and 2010 will always have a special
place in my heart – I started teaching when 2000 were in sixth grade, and for
the seven years I knew the class of 2010, I met my husband, got engaged, got
married, got pregnant and had my daughter.
7.
If I wasn’t a teacher, I’d be a dancer, but in
my dream life I’d also be longer and leaner. I am so happy that my daughter has
my husband’s build. I will never push her to be a dancer, but I am thrilled
that she loves it, and that she already has the physical gifts if she wants
them.
8.
My love for The Great Gatsby is deep and
real! Even though I can quote almost the entire book, I love when my students
point out something I didn’t know. I could read it all day and I think the
language is beautiful.
9.
When I was 21, I competed in a national dance
championship in Virginia Beach; my grandfather was in the hospital, nearing the
end of his battle with cancer. Before I went onstage, there was a blackout in
the building except for the light I was standing under. I felt like it was a
sign from God. I asked Him for help and I got it; I gave the performance of my
life, won my division, and brought the trophy home to my grandfather.
10. There
are certain songs and scenes that never fail to make me cry (happy or sad
tears), no matter how many times I’ve seen, read or heard them. John Proctor’s
speech at the end of The Crucible,
the end of The Great Gatsby, the end of Steel Magnolias, the music I
choreographed Frank McCarthy’s tribute to, the music when the Christmas tree
grows in The Nutcracker…the list goes on…
11. I
have ridiculously sharp and accurate hearing that seems to get better with age.
I hear EVERYTHING, from whispers to noises to full conversations, even from the
other side of the room. My students try to test me with this skill, and I
always catch them. That being said, it’s not a gift I asked for, and I often end
up hearing things I DO NOT want to know.
12. I
have a deep affinity and respect for anything having to do with the ocean, and
I feel most at peace there. One of my dreams is to have a home on Martha’s
Vineyard, which is my happy place. I wear an anchor around my neck every day
for about a hundred different reasons, and loving the ocean is one of them.
Having ancestors who were fishermen is another.
13. I
love my children deeply and fiercely and am amazed that I physically created
them. It blows my mind.
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