My Life Has Been A Whirlwind Since

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!

It Wasn't Always Easy Getting Up At 5 O'clock In The Morning To Go To The Rink. Sometimes I Wanted To Just Go Back To Sleep.

Even Now, My Husband Jerry, Our Son Matthew And I Live Only Five Minutes Away From My Parents Home, And My Brothers Live About Ten Minutes Away. It's Been Great Having Such A Supportive Family.

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

I Won My First Medal When I Was Nine Years Old. It Was At The Boston Open.