Who Am I?

Well, that is a good question but one the probably can't be answered. However, I can tell you a little bit about why I decided to make this blog.

For starters, I love figure skating and have ever since I was eight years old. So it's been a passion of mine for ten years or so. Not too shabby. I didn't find my love through my own experience on the ice (though that did come later), but rather I watched my older sister of seven years glide across the ice. As I watched her spin and dance across the ice I found myself infactuated with the sport. So I did what any little sister does, I asked my mom if I could skate too. And then voila, I was a part of the grace and beauty of figure skating. Okay, maybe it took me a few years to get the "grace and beauty" part, but nonetheless I was a part of the sport I loved.

I was never much of a competitor, petrified when all eyes were on me. But I did compete a few times, medalling once or twice. I did tests but stopped my last year of skating when I just because frustrated with one particular dance. Rather, I enjoyed skating without any pressure from my family or coach to compete to the best I could. But I did motivate myself in a different way. Instead of trying to manage footwork or an opening, I made my spins better, my jumps higher and tried new things almost every day. I was self-improving for my own pride rather than for a medal or a trophy.

I skated three days a week, mostly after school but a few times before school. I was dedicated to becoming better, beating my personal best. I never got far with my jumps, the axel was simply too much of a battle for me. My height (6 ft.) in my final year of skating made axels and doubles virtually impossible for me. So instead of focused on what I could do, I made my spins stronger and learned to hydroblade (but nowhere near the level of Bourne and Kratz).

March 2009 was the last time I found myself on the ice, and each day I miss it. The smell of my leather skates makes me long to be out there again. But finishing high school required my full dedication and I made a choice. It was painful but ultimately the right one. Now in university, my school is still my focus. But this winter when the rinks open up, you'll know where to find me.

So this blog is a way for me to keep that feeling alive, because nothing will ever make me feel the way that skating did. It's a part of my soul, who I am underneath it all. I love it with my whole heart and that will never stop, no matter how long I am away from the ice.

This is who I am, why I skate and the reason for this blog.

I hope you enjoy. :)