~Change~

In life it is inevitable that there will be change.

I do not like change nor do I adapt well to change.

That makes this past year hard...real hard!

We have had LOTS of changes and we

are still having LOTS of changes.

For the past month we have spent a lot of

time in discussion, prayer and fasting with Jensen.

Jensen came to a cross road in July.

She was reevaluating life and choices.

With moving looming in the not too distant future,

Jensen was beginning to realize how much life

was already changing.

This week Jensen decided that she was done

doing ballet on a pre-professional level.

Last night she informed Ballet Etudes

that she would not be returning.

Not an easy decision...

especially since she has been dancing

at this level since she was 8 years old.

It saddens me that we will not

get to see her dance in another

Ballet Etudes production.

This has been such a huge part

of our lives for a very long time.

Ballet Etudes has been a second family to Jensen.

It is a hard transition to make.

I feel as if a hole has been left.

I know Jensen will miss expressing herself

through ballet, her ballet friends and teachers

and most of all performing!

But, at this time this will allow her

time to adapt to moving, time with friends

and not being so VERY busy.

This is her Senior year and we all

know how busy it is being a senior in High School.

So we bid a fond farewell to ballet

and all that it brought into our lives.

Who knows what is in store for Jensen.

I am proud of her and how she went about

making this difficult decision.

Her ability to discuss it with Scott and I

and going to Sharon to inform her of her decision.

Very mature and responsible.

Thank you to everyone who has supported

Jensen through her ballet endeavors...

friends, family, ward members, teachers

and Ballet Etudes.