My Dad Worked Several Jobs To Pay

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 Think It's A Lot Harder For The Pros To Have A Long Career In Ice Dance And In Pairs. It Seems The Singles Have A Little Bit Of A Longer Career.

Even Now I Can't Describe Why I Love Skating So Much.

My Parents Never Pressured Me To Skate. They Always Said I Could Quit If I Wanted To. They Only Expected Me To Skate When They Had Already Paid For The Expensive Lessons. But, Otherwise They Said I Could Do What I Wanted To Do.

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