I think back at different times during my years of dancing that I took a lot of chances with my life. Some I will not mention. There are so many. I could probably write a book about just that.
One chance I took many times was when my kids were little; and I would take off in the middle of the night with them in the backseat to my next dancing job. I did not even think about what could happen to us all if we broke down in the middle of the night and some psycho came along and did whatever with us.
Another chance I took several times was walking to the dark parking lots in back of the burlesk theaters that I worked at by myself. But, actually, there was no one around to walk with me; so I really did not have much of a choice if I wanted to get my car.
These are only two examples of the chances amoung many that I took. If I had to do over, I would not take these chances. But I am glad that I did take those chances amoung many more or we would still, probably, be in Lamar, Missouri and never have been able to see all the things we have seen and travel to all theplaces my strip jobs and chances took us. I am just glad we all lived through it all and that we do not have to take these chances again.
I am happy to know that a higher force - call it God or whatever name I want to give it was watching over us. Or maybe it was my own unknown force that was inside me taking over. Maybe I was not aware and still am not that it was me - my strong force - that watched over us and guided and protected us. I do not know.
BUT WE DID HAVE FUN!
The trailer of Opal's feature film THE OLD STRIPPER:
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