One of my all time favorite ballets is and always will be, A Midsummer Nights Dream.

When I learned that our Spring performance was going to be A Midsummer Nights Dream, I was very excited.

We started practicing almost right away.

We started with the first act and I was hoping for the role of a butterfly fairy.

If you would have asked me at the time what role I wanted, I would have told you the role of a butterfly fairy. I thought it was reasonable and I practiced the role. Secretly though, I wanted the role of Puck.

You could not get me to admit that though, because one of my fears is that I will jinx it.

One day, when we were practicing the first act, I was practicing the butterfly fairy part.

One of the things that I worried about was that I have weak arches and my pointe work isn't that great. It was very frustrating at time with my arches randomly cramping up when I was on pointe.

Then, my teacher told me something that broke my heart. She told me that I wouldn't have the role of the butterfly fairy. I was crushed.

Frustrated, I went to my ballet bag and rubbed my annoying arches.

Just a couple of minutes later, my teacher told me something that made me so excited. She said she wanted me to practice as Puck. I was so excited and even though I wasn't sure if I would get the part, I was just happy to practice the part.