The Bunion: A Dancer’s Thanksgiving Day Prayer

By Emmaly Wiederholt, Maggie Stack, and Cathy Intemann

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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.