They Used to Dance

Dance at Bougival by Renoir

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“I remember dancing with you for the first time.”

He looked up from his book into the glistening eyes of his beautiful wife. “I remember too.” He took off his reading glasses and continued, “I saw you from across the room at that first dance class and was excited when we were paired up to dance for the mock competition. We were only about thirty seconds into the dance when the referee tapped me on the shoulder and we were out.” He sh...