The Important Lessons

Do you still skate now?

Believe it or not it's been like a year and a half since I've been in my skates.

Really?

And

Why?

Yeah

Why so long?

I don't know. You know, I was in performance shape. I had just finished two shows. It was like December of, it must've been December of 2017, and I thought, "oh, I should keep this up," because I worked really hard to get in shape and I'm at the rink four to five times a week with my younger daughter.

Emma

With Emma, So might as well get on the ice sometimes and it's just, you know, it's hard. I've done it for so many years with a goal and a purpose and when there is not a performance on the line it's really hard to get motivated. To just go out there, you know, I'll skate for 10 minutes and then it's just like "okay, now what? Now what do I practice?" So I find other ways to kind of stay active.

Is Emma interested in being a competitive skater and going all the way that you did?

It's hard to tell yet. I mean she's 13. And she's been skating for about seven years now so you know, she enjoys it and it's a great activity for her and I think she's learning a lot about herself and you know, just those life lessons of working hard and accomplishing something. Having failures and not letting that stop you.