For the first time in two years. TWO YEARS. And before that it was just going around the rink at rockefeller one year. And before that I was 14 and in a group skating performance. Now almost 23 years old and back in skating after years off she finally saw me.
I started back up last year at 21 bc I needed a stress reliever and realized this would help me relax. I went back into lessons this past september paying for them myself and getting a job at the ice rink a la ice princess. I passed my pre bronze moves and freestyle tests a month ago. I graduated college last Friday.
My mom, little sister, and I went to NYC to celebrate graduation. She said "pack your skates"
and we had plans to go to Rockefeller, central park and the sky rink. Well we only made it to the sky rink bc the temperature dropped so drastically that skating in that weather would have really hurt my hands and feet because I have raynauds syndrome or something close to it.
The sky rink was awesome! Two sheets and a practically empty session. The rink itself was tiny but it overlooked the Hudson (mom kept mentioning the plane that crashed there and how she couldn't imagine being in that weather in the water) and the ice was fairly nice. There were two lessons going on so I was watching out for those. But momma put skates on and got out there with me. We were skating around and she said "show me something" so I got to show her my scratch spin and she was impressed. I found out she tends to not react to me telling her I landed such and such jump or fell doing xyz bc she's scared I'm gonna hurt myself. She said it's the same with my sis when she rides her horse.
She told me after skating that she really was wowed by how much farther I'd come and said watching makes her nervous bc I'm such a klutz off ice lol.
Next time she sees me skate will either be my bronze test in a few months or the spring show, whichever comes first!