Family Values

What would you think if I said we keep Divina up till 11pm dancing with strange men? There's a DJ playing loud, LOUD techno dance music and colored lights hung here and there. The place is seedy. Really seedy.

It's a greenhouse after all. Our local botanical garden is needing funding so they have these great musical events where several parts of the greenhouse are set up for live bands or DJs. People pay an $8 donation. Last time we came the place was really hopping. There was a drumming group there and then the DJs played the best world music. Last night was not as good, but we danced till 11 anyway.

There's something magical about watching Divina take in the shadows of the plants cast by loosely hung Christmas lights, her intense look as she learns moves from strange hippies, just getting down with our Little Miss. We danced for two hours, she and I. Mark danced a little bit, too. Now this is what parenting is all about.