Some things you can’t just push through, and you have to accept you’re never going to be an Olympic figure skater. I can handle pain – but skating in rigid hire boots hurts, hurts, hurts. But my arches are high and every ounce of pressure from my body focusses itself on the bridge of my feet and after two minutes I want to scream in agony – I had two home births, one with a 9lb 9oz baby. ![]() I love the idea of gliding gracefully on the ice with the cool air-conditioned air blowing through my hair. ![]() Sometimes, some things just aren’t for you.While your body may not remember the way to move forward, and pregnancy and breastfeeding have left you with no sense of balance, your limbs have muscle memory, or something, as you can feel a sprain from 20 years ago flare up every time you see someone else fall over!.Just because you were a halfway decent rollerskater/iceskater when you were a kid, doesn’t mean you’re going to pick it up as soon as you get on the ice 20-odd years later.We both learned a few life lessons from ice skating today: Forty-five minutes later and she was pushing a penguin around on the ice like they were old friends. When the press broke the story, she wanted to be first in the queue.įast forward two weeks, and we arrived for the lesson today and she was so afraid (despite have skated once before, earlier in the year) that she was crying. I told her that if they found a way of saving the ice rink, I’d sign her up for classes. ![]() A few months ago the rink was going to be closing down, and Ameli wanted to learn to skate. The rink was recently taken over, so the new owners are now also offering classes for home educated children at less than the price of a cup of coffee.Īn uncanny thing about children is there amazing memory. Our local ice rink has an amazing offer for home educating families, who can use the facilities one day a week, on days when other children are still in school.
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