Dancing Echoes
Bio: I am a scientist by trade and artist by soul. My creative outlet used to be dancing but due to injuries and age, I must now find another path. I am hoping my writing, poetry and photography can be this new path. Awards: While I am grateful and honored for the numerous nominations, I don’t have time to respond to them with the attention they deserve, so for the most part, I am an award free blog. All photographs and words are mine unless otherwise credited. © 2015-2024 Dancing Echoes ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author/owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Christy Draper with appropriate and specific direction to the original content on Dancing Echoes.
Dancing Echoes 
June 25, 2016 at 1:28 pm
Thank you for your support as well. We do share a love for dance although I am too old and injured to dance much any more. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
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September 6, 2016 at 9:09 pm
Thanks so much for following Oh, the Places We See. It’s great to see your beautiful blog — love the colors, photography, and vibrancy of your life as it comes through each post. Best wishes for continued success!
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September 6, 2016 at 9:14 pm
Thank you Places, I look forward to exploring more of your blog as well!
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September 23, 2016 at 7:44 am
Hi, just to let you know that I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog. I wanted to show my appreciation and have nominated you for the versatile blogger award. https://lodgerofarabica.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/versatile-blogger-award/
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September 23, 2016 at 6:29 pm
David, I am honored to be nominated so I hope you won’t take offense that I rarely participate in awards. I found that while I have good intentions, I have a hard time with these and rather than disappoint, I will just admit up front that I probably won’t get to paying this forward. I have a hard time just keeping up with work, poetry and photography. I am enjoying your blog and look forward to reading more of your work and many thanks for your support.
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September 23, 2016 at 6:38 pm
Absolutely no problem. It’s just a bit of fun anyway. I understand it’s not for everyone and to be honest I just wanted to introduce some others to your writing because I’ve enjoyed it. Thank you for reading mine. I look forward to reading more from yours. 🙂
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September 23, 2016 at 6:39 pm
Thank you and thank you for understanding : )
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November 19, 2016 at 6:53 am
This new path fits you wonderfully!
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November 19, 2016 at 6:56 am
Thank you! I’m trying to stay out of trouble ; )
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November 19, 2016 at 7:02 am
I think you are doing a fine job of it with these photo!
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December 4, 2016 at 1:02 pm
I applaud your effort to reinvent yourself. It is a continued process in life and you seem to be bravely moving forward with success. Thank you for your inspiration to others.
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December 4, 2016 at 1:06 pm
Awww, you are so sweet. Thank you. I have to admit though it has become a bit of a compulsion with me.
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December 4, 2016 at 1:10 pm
Finding new ways to fill up one’s soul isn’t an easy task. It is wonderful that you have found a way to help yourself and give to others at the same time. This is how I have experienced blogging. It appears to be true for you as well. I look forward to following you.
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December 4, 2016 at 3:44 pm
And I you! Great pieces.
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December 4, 2016 at 3:55 pm
Thank you.
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December 16, 2016 at 12:18 am
Thank you for the follow, I hope 2017 is a year of creativity!! I look forward to reading more of yours!
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April 25, 2017 at 4:27 am
Hi! Thanks a lot for joining me!
Awesome blog!
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April 25, 2017 at 4:30 am
Thank you! I look forward to reading more of your blog in the future.
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April 25, 2017 at 4:34 am
My pleasure! Same here!
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December 20, 2017 at 9:58 pm
so sorry to hear that you can’t dance any longer. am heartened that you are still staying creative. your blog is lovely & inspiring 🙂
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December 20, 2017 at 10:23 pm
Thank you da-AL
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February 27, 2018 at 8:14 am
Hi Christy,
Thanks for popping round to Beyond the Flow. I was immediately attracted to your blog by the title. My 12 year year old daughter is a very keen and dedicated dancer and I think she might do around 4-6 hours of dance per week. I was simply her taxi driver until a few years ago when I decided to attend an adult ballet class at the studio. I have an auto-immune disease which attacks my muscles and I’m not that coordinated so I had no expectations and fully expected to spend much of my time sitting down. However, some kind of miracle transpired and I danced. I do a class each term and they vary so I’ve done contemporary, lyrical, tap and ballet. Love it! I don’t know what kind of injuries you’ve sustained, but perhaps there’s a way for you to dance somehow in some way. I know for me it was different because I wasn’t a dancer before and had very low expectations but something might be possible. I know people in electric wheel chairs who dance by moving their chairs back and forwards. Of course it’s not the same and perhaps it is too emotionally painful to step so far back when you’ve been an accomplished dancer. I haven’t worked for the last 5 years since having chemo to treat this disease. So, while I have been able to take up some new things, I haven’t gone back to where I was either. I used to be a marketing manager, but my priorities have also changed significantly after all I’ve been through.
Here’s a link to a post I wrote about my entre in dancing: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/i-wish-i-had-dance-feet/
xx Rowena
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