#driscolldancers

[wiseoldowl72]

Good luck today @driscolldancers especially First Feisers! . . #feis #feisdays #driscolldancers #kcfeis #IrishDancers #irishdancelife #irishdance #kcirishfest #irishdancemom (at Crown Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiC6UuzOqZ1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wiseoldowl72]

Throwback to the Fort Smith Feis, Nov, 2012. I love the Driscoll School dresses. Katie and Jami danced danced that day. . . #lifeonosage #family #feis #driscolldancers #irish #irishdancers https://www.instagram.com/p/CMsVYylnd_O/?igshid=180upei0pfi4k

[wiseoldowl72]

Happy Leap Day!!! Pictured is @lewiserinn (Erinn Lewis) TCRG at the Driscoll School for Irish Dance, where my kids took and I still feel like is home. . . #happyleapday #Irishdance #irishdancer #driscolldancers #kcirishdance https://www.instagram.com/p/B9J6uTCAW63/?igshid=b1alrdb5c7as

[wiseoldowl72]

How Irish Dancers build snowmen. I love this. *giggling* #irishdance #snowman #Repost @driscolldancers (@get_repost) ・・・ Snow dancer needs to work on her arms ⛄️ How did you spend your snow day? #driscolldancers #kcirishdance #driscool #snowdays https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjZ-2ugPH3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ktnox5ldze24

[wiseoldowl72]

I am so proud we are associated with the @driscolldancers. So many great things have been happening at the studio this fall. We moved locations. More dancers than ever qualified for Oireachtas. So many GOALS have been met, girls moving up levels at Feisianna left and right! I am also proud to call Bridgid Driscoll my friend. She is an excellent mentor to all young and older dancers, including my own two. #lifeonosage #family #irishdance #Repost @driscolldancers (@get_repost) ・・・ Love getting to spend the day with my girls 💙 #driscolldancers #kcirishdance #irishdanceteacherlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BpvMNv1gaL5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t0e7bebakss

[wiseoldowl72]

Katie is having to empty her room to remove her carpet. On the top of a stack of boxes is just a box with just her Irish Dance Headbands and Tiaras in it on a bed of poodle socks. Sigh. *giggle* it's just so Katie. . #lifeonosage #family #irish #irishdance #driscolldancers #rincecouture (at Independence, Missouri)

[wiseoldowl72]

Katie is having to empty her room to remove her carpet. This is a small portion of the stuff coming out. She just brought out the top little box. I asked her we hat it was ans she said it was all her Irish Dance Headbands and Tiaras on a bed of poodle socks (of course). Sigh. *giggle* that's just Katie. . #lifeonosage #family #irish #irishdance #driscolldancers #rincecouture (at Independence, Missouri)

[wiseoldowl72]

So many feelings in these three pictures. 4 generations separate the eldest, my grandmother 92, and the youngest, Jami 13. Katie's in there too, she's 17. Friday, the kids had a performance near our home and my parents took them. They'd just returned home from Tennessee, from Mom's (see my last IG post, my Mom's headshot) 50th anniversary of ADPi at Murray State University. They brought my grandmother back with them for a visit. . Mema had never seen them dance before. She didn't know the athleticism or beauty that goes into Irish Dance. Due to my health and the kids' health and schedules we haven't been home in quite a few years. I so wanted Mema to see the lifestyle my kids have chosen. Believe me, Irish Dance is not a one or two night a week thing, it's a whole lifestyle choice. After the performance Mema came and stayed about 6 hrs to talk with me while Katie had to go back to class for the evening and Wm had a performance with his band. I had Jami and Mema for company until my parents brought Katie back. We talked the whole time about this, that and everything. . Most of all though I never thought Mema would ever come up to Kansas City again. She's had back, hip, neck and pelvis surgery. She has macular degeneration that's pretty advanced and she's 92. She still lives alone, but doesn't drive anymore. Our family home is rural, in the valley of the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers. We just didn't think she'd be able to make a full day's drive from house to house. I am so thankful that my Mom took these pictures. I'm proud my kids are old enough to remember their great-grandmother. I'm beyond blessed that I got to spend more time with her on Friday even though it wasn't a good pain day for me. Mema helped shape my life. I will always want one last time with her. If this one was it, then I was granted the greatest gift of all. . Hopefully some of this made sense. I'm kinda in stream of consciousness mode right now. I'm in the middle of a med swap and today was a not so good day. But I really wanted to get these pictures up. I'm so proud of them. . #lifeonosage #family #irishdancer #irishdance #memories #musings #driscolldancers #generations (at Independence, Missouri)