Several weeks ago we had a brand new skater come to BSL (the learn-to-skate session Jet City runs every weekend at the same time as our practices) and break her leg while doing duck walks. The degree to which that must have sucked is unimaginable to me. You'd have to be insane to come back.
I think about her sometimes. This girl I never met. I wonder where she is, and how she's doing. I want to at least know her name (none of us caught it). Mostly I want to tell her this: "You have now done the thing I fear the most. When you get strong again come back. You must have wanted it badly enough at some point and should you ever strap on those wheels again you'll know that you have the one thing you really need for this sport. Strength of spirit. It's all downhill from there."
<posted on 3.23.12 and oddly prophetic>
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