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But After A Few Minutes Of Convincing Myself That I Really Wanted To Go - Telling Myself That I Love Skating And That My Coach Is There Waiting For Me - I Would Get Up And Go. And My Mother Would Always Get Up And Eat Breakfast With Me!

I Worked Also, Doing Things Such As Our Paper Route And, Later On, Waitressing.

People Would Ask Me Why I Was Doing What I Was Doing - But I Always Told Them That I Just Loved To Skate. There Was No Other Explanation.

I Took Group Lessons At A Rink Near My Home. We First Had To Learn How To Stand Up On The Ice Wearing Skates. Eventually We Learned To Move Forward, But Soon Found Out That It Was Not That Easy To Stop! So That Was Our Next Important Lesson.

Falling Down Became Second Nature And It Really Didn't Bother Me.