Well I'm contemplating to clean, pack, look for a J.O.B. or to start a blog about my daughters journey through figure skating. I chose the latter. My daughter, Meg is such a whipper snapper. For being 11 years old, she really has a good grasp on life. I now most kids don't have a care in the world. However, she "gets it." She understands people ( like I never did at her age.) Who knows, maybe its a "new generation thing". She relates to people, peers and the elderly population. Not to mention her creativity, is pretty expolosive also. But I'm not her to brag about her. Just to tell you a little bit about her and our journey through the world of figure skating.
She started figure skating when she was about 2 1/2 years old. She used to beg me to teach her how to skate. The reason for this was because she knew that I used to be a competitive figure skater when I was a young girl. She would go over to her grandparents house and see the pictures of my competitions and ice shows. Like every little girl, she loved the cotumes. We would watch it on T.V. and everytime thaqt it would come on, she would say in her little toodle voice "mommy, when are you taking me skating?" It was a few months later that I took her to the same ice skating rink that I loved and spent many hours at. Megan caught on quick. It was only about three seesions before she didn't need to hold my hand or even the boards. The next phrase that came out of her mouth was, "mommy, can I take lessons?"
She was a couple of months shy of her third birthday when we started her first lessons. She got on the ice and went to her class. Within a few miountues the skating director approached me and stated that they were going to advance her three levels, because she could do everything. I, of course, was esstatic! withing a couple of years, she was half way through all of the basic skill programs. At this point, she approached me and said, "mommy, can I do the ice show?"
Megan loved preparing for the ice show. She loved the glamourous make-up and costumes that she got to where. Plus she got a chance to see some advanced level skaters. These advanced level skaters had her reeled in and she says to me, "mommy, can I go to the Olympics?"
Since then, we have skated at four other skating facilities, have had 2 coaches, endured extensive off ice training, power stroking, thousands of dollars in figure skates, ice and coaches. Which leaves our family to travel to Traverse City, Mi to her first "out of town" competion.
This will be her first competition where she is going to be competing in a level that she has not skated in before (skating up). She will be competing in a level called preliminary. It is her first competition that she will be competing with an Axel in her program. We are looking forward to going to T.C. for now though, I guess I'll go pack!
XXOO,
Erika
