Alice had her first dance / acrobatic related injury today, twisting her ankle a bit. Mom had mentioned to me earlier that the best student at the studio (who danced lead in all the mini-operas and got scholarships) had just graduated from high school and quit dancing entirely. She had apparently had multiple foot surgeries and as a result she had little chance of a career of any length. Then the previous week when picking up Alice another young girl (13 or 14) came in and talked with one of the moms there. During a casual catching up discussion she casually mentioned that her knee hadn’t fully healed and she wouldn’t be dancing in one of her routines for the annual performance. Hopefully not too much of a preview of what’s to come.