The Bunion: A Dancer’s Thanksgiving Day Prayer
By Emmaly Wiederholt, Maggie Stack, and Cathy Intemann
Oh Lord,
This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for many things.
I’m thankful for the audience – at least someone’s watching me.
I’m thankful for tights – they keep my blubber in.
I’m thankful for sweat stains – they show I’m working harder than anyone else.
I’m thankful for arches – but not McDonald’s golden ones.
I’m thankful for buns – again, not McDonald’s.
I’m thankful for lifts – thank God I don’t have to stand all the time.
I’m thankful for modern dance – thank God I don’t have to do ballet all the time.
I’m thankful for ballet – thank God I don’t have to be weird all the time.
I’m thankful for the Nutcracker – at least I know I’ll be in some performance every year.
I’m thankful for Facebook – so I can show off my cool dance photos.
And I’m thankful for rehearsal – so I can work off all this turkey.
Amen.