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Angel Diva
Lo those many years ago, we didn't force our daughter into anything, but she had to finish what she started. Thus the one-season wonders of: ballet, tap, gymnastics, basketball, soccer, karate . . . I can't remember it all. Then one day she came home with a flyer about ice hockey, around age 8. "Mom, doesn't this look like a rip-off?"
"No honey, ice time is pretty expensive, and they give you four lessons, skates, a helmet, and gloves for $150."
"Can I do it?"
And the rest was history, until she didn't want to any more (after a scholarship to prep school and becoming a really good goaltender). She was afraid to tell us and her coach, but we would support her no matter what. I still miss those long trips in the car. The only time a teenager has nobody else to talk to! She's 27 now; how time flies by.
"No honey, ice time is pretty expensive, and they give you four lessons, skates, a helmet, and gloves for $150."
"Can I do it?"
And the rest was history, until she didn't want to any more (after a scholarship to prep school and becoming a really good goaltender). She was afraid to tell us and her coach, but we would support her no matter what. I still miss those long trips in the car. The only time a teenager has nobody else to talk to! She's 27 now; how time flies by.