When I was younger there was nothing more I enjoyed doing then
dancing on my Grandpa Wilcox's toes. He was a phenomenal dancer when he was in his
younger years and even as he got older he could still dance. His dance partner
in life was Gloria Wilcox. When my Grandmother Gloria succumbed to the effects
of diabetes she could no longer dance with him, but they sat together in their
living room and watched all the old Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films and in
the evening they would watch Lawrence Welk. Even after her death my
Grandpa continued the ritual of watching Lawrence Welk. Every Saturday evening
when I went over to his house to help my mother clean, Lawrence Welk would be
blaring from the TV. I would dance to it as I mopped the floor. Sometimes Grandpa would shuffle into the kitchen to see what I was doing. He couldn't really lift
his feet anymore so he would always drag them across the floor. I’d catch him
smiling in at me and he’d beam clench his fists and shimmy his upper body. I
like to call that the grandpa shuffle. I’d dance around him as he went about
getting something to eat. It was because of his love of dance that I love to
dance as well, but never publicly. I once embarrassed myself at a singles
dance after a full day of activity and I broke down. Breaking down is always at
the back of an Aspie’s mind, it’s never the fear of dancing itself. I still
love to dance and last Saturday when we went to a Wedding Reception all the
guests were dancing. One of my close friends was up there dancing the night
way. She is very outgoing and more fluent in the social scene then I am. Shut
Up and Dance with began to play and my friend spotted me sitting on the side. She danced over and pulled me in. I am very happy to have friends who challenge me
to do things even if I only danced for only a few minutes. Those few minutes are
vital to build up to dancing longer. I look forward to the day when I go to
another dance.
Also here is the music video for Shut Up and Dance With Me by Walk the Moon.
Strange music video, but I still like the song
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