Mother/Son Dance – Scarlett79

April 5, 2026April 5, 2026

AtoZ Blogging Challenge…

This morning woke up to half a house w/o electricity OMG !!! I had to find an outlet that worked for my coffee. Scarlett has to have her coffee first before anything. I found an outlet that worked and called right away on the electricity. It’s been all the stormy weather and rain that did it. Long story short, it’s fixed…Thank you so much I could get my Easter dinner done.

Scarlet’s story for today is my moment in time that will forever be etched in my heart. I always told my story to the kids that when my story was finished here on earth, I hope I would be met by Patrick Swayze and he would be dancing with me for the song, “Time of my Life.”

If you have followed my blog, then you know all about all of the professional dancer’s that are my boys. Joffrey Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Richmond Ballet yadayadayada… My 3rd son, Matthew got married to Hannah (both professional dancer’s). At his wedding he told me we were dancing the mother/son dance to, “A Simple Man” by Leonard Skinner. So the night before the wedding I went on line and listened to the song so I would have some idea of how the dance would go.

Below I’m just going to post the link of how the dance went. It was a memorable moment, one that I will never forget!!!!! Enjoy

Now that was the time of my life and a son who truly knows his mom and loves her to the moon. He is just the best dancer and totally confident and led me through the entire dance. I loved the ending the best. Thank you Matthew, you gave your mom a gift that I will always remember!!!!

June 29, 2025

Happy Sunday To All Fellow Blogger’s

I’ll start out with some music as it is SLS but I can’t find the prompt as it’s been awhile. I’m going to use one of my fav’s which come from what seems like a million years ago. Our youngest Connor (I call him Connie) who was a dancer now retired, married to a retired ballerina, Melissa (I call her Missy) and have 2 grand babies. He once danced to this song and I just fell in love with it. It’s performed by, The Killer’s …

I think I’ll just throw up one of the Husband’s (the artist’s) painting…I was looking for his white tiger but couldn’t find it.

Too hot to go out and play so I’m just staying in and I thought I would put up a post. Summer has been so busy as of late that I really have not had much time to post.

Here are a couple of pics of them when they were dancing together…

I’ve forgotten just how adorb they both are with such a beautiful family…Grandmama & Grandpapa love you to the moon !!!! Yes that is me when I was PG with him…Just thought I’d put that up for some laugh’s !!!

Mom & Dad/Missy (PG w/ Grandbaby #8) & Connor

Okay a couple more…and then I’ll move on to the other dancer in the family.

One more 🙂 …

These pics you just knew they would end up together !!! So much love !!!

I can’t leave out my other dancer’s who are yes, married and have grand baby # 9 !!!! Unfortunately I don’t have any pics of Hannah dancing as she retired before I met her b/c of an injury, but I still have plenty of great pics !!!

Richmond Ballet at Wedding/Matthew & Hannah

I can’t ever pass up a reason to post this video again !!! This was my Dancing moment that I’ve truly lived for. Matthew know’s and he made it happen !!! It was the most amazing dance ever. I’ll never forget it as long as I live…

They gave us our 9th grand baby this past December…He’s so sweet and we just love him to the moon !!!!

It’s going to get busier, in a fun way !!! Going to Vegas !!!! Y A Y one of my favorite places to go. Can’t hardly wait and the heat doesn’t bother me at all. I’m either gambling, hanging at the spa or pool or shopping. That heat is what I call Hell Heat !!! But I don’t care. No worries I’ll be posting when we go !!!!

Was playing with my, “Common Place” Book. That’s where I write down everything that I love and matters to me and my life. It’s like a book full of a lot of insipiration for me. I just love it !!!

Happiness is….

Being around the people who matter

They honor your successes

and share in your losses

Laughter is common and

Fears are accepted

Love fills the room when

You are together

February 7, 2015

Well this turned into quite the post !!! Hope you enjoyed it. I better get up and walk around. Happy Week to all !!!

April 9, 2025April 9, 2025

AtoZ Letter ‘F’

I figured out what I was going to do with this Letter

This really is a great one for my b/c I have just the most amazing family of all time. I know, I’m probably just not too objective about this but I really do 😉 . They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well you can be the judge…

Romeo & Juliet …Connor & Melissa …

This is a video of our youngest. He was a ballet dancer and this was him as Romeo and he danced with what turned out to be his real life Juliet ♥️♥️… They are now married and have the most beautius little babies…

Next (and not in any particular order) is our only daughter the nurse and our beautiful granddaughters !!!!

Finally last but not least, there is Matthew & Hannah. They just had our #9th grand baby in December…

Those two met on the Ballet too. They are retired now and busy in their new roles as mom & dad to Mr. Oliver…

We are a family of artist’s…Each and everyone is just beyond talented…It was more of a challenge for the daughter, but that’s just how it is for girls. Every girl wants to be the prima ballerina and the guys have it I wouldn’t say easier. It’s just a different competition thing. Any way you look at it Ballet Dancing on a company is an extremely hard life. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to watch them all dance on a huge stage. The boys were on Joffrey in Chicago, Milwaukee Ballet, and then they both went out East and danced with Richmond Ballet.

We all use to do the community musical’s in the summer which was so much fun. We did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamboat & Les Miserables…There were other’s too, I just don’t remember the names. Theater taught them so much about life, work, being the star and not being the star. It was a hard road, but it was very cool !!! Seeing your kids up on that stage…

I saved the best for last…This was at Matthew’s & Hannah’s Wedding. I always would tell Matthew that when I died, I knew I went to heaven if Patrick Swayze was there and I was dancing that song with him. The night before his wedding I asked him what was the song we were going to do the mom & son dance to. He said it was something I’d never heard of so I went on line and watched it so I would have some idea of how to dance to it. Below just gives me another chance to post this video, an incredible memory that I will never, ever forget. Thank you Matthew and Hannah for giving me that. I still smile when I watch it…

Family is not everything it’s the only thing. I love you guys !!! Thank you for picking me as your mom…

May 19, 2024May 20, 2024

Song for a Sunday

I really love, love, love our generation’s picture… I’m so glad I got it. The hands are my Mom RIP, Momma (me), Lizzie, and our oldest grand daughter as she puts it Gabbieeeeee 😉 . (She’s 18, OMG)

Here are our beautiful grand daughter’s, Gabbieeeee and as we call them the little’s Ms. Olivia and Ms. Mariah. Aren’t they just adorable!!! We just have the best time and they just love coming over to Grandpapa’s & Grandmama’s house 😉 …

This was Ms. Gabbbieeeee at prom, is she just a beautiful young lady or what. We are just so proud of all of them …Good job Momma Lizzie 😉 …

I’m not going to put this in the SLS challenge but I just need to put this song up on my blog.. Not many will know exactly what this song means to me b/c they are too young, but a few will. Song for a Sunday and I hope you enjoy this song…

Commencing countdown, engines on … This is ground control, Houston I know we have a problem 😉 …

We just love the family and all the grandbaby’s … This is # 7 & # 8 and who know’s but # 9 may not be too far away 😉 . OMG I was hoping for some but I never expected 8 and who know’s how many more. I knew I would never come close to my extended family, but this many is more than I could ever hope for !!! We are truly blessed…More great adventures soon, so stay tuned 😉 …

These are just some of my cousin’s, there were a few not born yet … I pretty sure Grandmama & Grandpapa have got me beat. Italian/Irish Catholic enough said 😉 …

Our family comes from so many different places. I love y’all and I hope everyone is well. #……thename 😉 … I had such a great time with you, Valerie, Maggie and Cody … I’m still watching that video of me and Matthew dancing. You guys were my biggest fan’s and I love that. Thank you so much for making me feel so special and loved …

I was taking the picture…Fernando & Cody, Dad, Connor & Melissa (Baby Bump #2, Mr. Samuel) Valerie & Kirk 😉 . Had so much fun w/y’all !!! and I took a pretty good picture 😉 .

Oh what the heck, if you’ve gotten this far I might as well put the “Mother/Son” dance back up… I can’t watch that enough times 😉 . Thank You so much Matthew, you gave me my memory of a life time. I love you to the moon !!!!

March 31, 2024March 31, 2024

Song Lyric Sunday & Happy Easter…

Today’s prompt is about a song that was written for a movie…I just have to do it again !!! One of my favorite movies and song’s and definitely one of my favorite memories of a lifetime!!!! Thank you for hosting again Mr. Jim and I’m so sorry for stealing your song, but that is such a special song for me, I knew you wouldn’t mind. Blessing’s to you and your’s this Easter Sunday …

The movie is, “Dirty Dancing” and the song is, “The Time of My Life” !!!!

Mother/Son Dance…

Make sure you continue and read the entire post so you can see the, “Mother/Son Dance…He is a professional ballet dancer and his bride too is a ballerina. Both retired from the Ballet. This was just the coolest thing to ever happen to me. No practice and I was so surprised. I’m so thankful that he made me look good. Enjoy Rest up blogger’s tomorrow AtoZ kicks off…Boom

I watch this video every chance I get as a mother it just make me so proud of this young man that I was given the honor of him calling me, “Mom”…I love you to the moon Mr. Matthew and I am so proud to be your mom. Please don’t get jealous all my other children, the blog challenge AtoZ begins tomorrow so keep checking back. This year my theme is, “Scarlet’s Stories.” So I’m pretty sure you’ll end up in many of those stories. Love you all. See you very soon my VA family. Another Baby Y A Y … Grandama loves her lil ones. #8 is getting ready to join … Grandmama will be out there to take care of our Lil Ruby …

Also want to give a shout out to our Richmond Ballet family !!! They are just the best group of people and you have all been such a blessing to #frainsthename. Hope to see you soon as we get ready for Grandbaby #8…Grandmama & Grandpapa will be out there soon. One son is the Groom and the other son is Best man…Our new daughter’s is next to the groom and the other daughter is second the left, bottom. (Her husband is our youngest son). Love to ya’ll… We had such a blast partying with them!!!

December 22, 2023February 4, 2024

Merry Christmas…

It’s hard to believe Christmas is 3 days away…I still love this holiday for so many reasons !!! Great memories of Christmas Past !!!! They weren’t all perfect but they all were memorable. Christmas is a very hopeful holiday. So much to look forward too. I love the songs, midnight mass, family & food. Friends are so important to the Celebration of Christmas.

I think I’ll add some music for this post. This is probably my favorite song at Christmas time…

Mary Did You Know

This year has been so great !!! We added to our family. Down below is our 3rd son, Matthew with his beautiful bride Mz. Hannah. This is a picture from the wedding. Connie and Missy (carrying our 8th grand baby in April) they’re 2nd in from the left. Mz. Valerie and Kirk are next to them. Maggie is laughing at something, (she is so adorable). Fernando is next to Connie. Lauren is next to Missy.

We are just blessed to be included in this group of people. We had so much fun at the wedding and added to our memories with our, “Dancing Family”. Thank you all so much for being a part of our world.

Their wedding was absolutely stunning !!!! The venue, the stairs OMG (Can’t believe I forgot to get a picture on the stairs) right out of my movie “Gone With the Wind”.

I was going to go to Alaska for our 45th (coming up next August) but I’m pretty sure I’m going to spend it out in Virginia. Such a beautiful place !!!!

I almost forgot one of the most amazing parts of this day…The gift the Bride & Groom got for the us. Matthew gave this to me at the start of the wedding. Well there are just no words for this present and it will be forever a memory imprinted on my heart. Thank you so much for this treasure Matthew & Hannah…

The rosary has a picture of us in the medal. It was my favorite wedding picture from our wedding. Thank you so much Hannah & Matthew for all the great memories of your Wedding !!!! I absolutely loved everything about being the mother of the groom. The Mother/Son dance was my moment. That was just the best and I’ll have that memory for a lifetime !!!! I must post the video again, I love watching this. Y’all made it so very special. I love you to the moon and am so grateful for you Hannah being a part of this family…Welcome

December 3, 2023May 14, 2024

Mother/Son Dance…

OMG we had the best day ever. Everyone knows wedding’s can be stressful leading up to the day. Traveling, finances, yadayadayda. I must say all went pretty smoothly with the getting there and the stuff. At the rehearsal dinner I asked my son (the professional dancer) what song we were dancing too. He told me, “A Simple Man,” by Leonard Skynard. That night I went home and watched it on Youtube b/c the song was not familiar. It was a good song and I knew I would cry, but that’s just what I do. I’m a cryer …

Fast forward to the reception Mother/Son Dance. I’m not a great dancer but I can hold my own and my son is an amazing dancer so I knew he would make me look great.

I’m just going to post the video and let it speak for itself, but I will tell you I will never forget this moment in time. I have never felt more loved. This was just so amazing !!!!!

This is one of my favorite movies and short story. I use to tell the kids when I die I know I will have gone to heaven if Patrick Swayze is standing there to greet me and we dance to that song. I had no idea this was the song we were going to dance to and there was no rehearsing before we did this . It was a total surprise and I he made me look great.

Thank you so much Matthew for the memory of a lifetime…More wonderful moments of this great day. I have to give a shout out to our new amazing and wonderful daughter. Thank you so much for joining our family and I know you are his person and I’m so grateful for you !!!! I love you Hannah.

December 2, 2023

Happy Saturday !!!!

It’s a great day…Our son is getting married to his perfect person, lovely Ms. Hannah…Stay tuned for more pics, kind of got the wait going on right now but grateful everything has gone perfect with the travel day and rehersal … Their venue is stunning. I’ll share pics of the venue and the song for our Mother/Son dance. I’m sure I’ll be crying a lot today …Blessings for a wonderful wedding day..

Song for the Mother/Son Dance

I’m just happy the dress made it out here safely…