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My older niece's dance recital was today. My younger niece and other family members and friends filled the row. We waited for my niece to take the stage.
I sat in a sea of moms, dads, grandparents, siblings, and friends. I knew when she stepped out on stage, everyone would disappear but her. I'd wait breathlessly through pirouettes and leaps. My heart would swell with each step of her dances.
She wouldn't see us, although her eyes would scan the audience. She knows we're there. That's enough.
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