The Art Of Walking Sideways

Today my five year old grandson and I were watching You Tube videos on how sand crabs walk sideways.  The creatures were small enough to fit in one’s hand, and so delicate that squeezing it too hard would be life threatening. At one point in time, the lady in the video said to the viewers, “Touch the crabs underbelly and feel how smooth it is.”  Rylan turned to me and said with disappointment, “I want to touch that crab too, Grandma, but I don’t know how to get there.”  (He would’ve had to travel to the shores of New Jersey to get there.  Not exactly a hop, skip and a jump from Montana).  Yet, I think at some point in time we all have things we’d like to do but don’t exactly know how to get there.  I know I’ve always wanted to learn how to apply eyeshadow with the same professionalism as creating a watercolor painting, but I don’t exactly know how to get there. I guess I’ll take my college professor’s advice and use whatever and whoever in order to create baby steps.  Maybe I’ll even do it walking sideways.