tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post660794895801285658..comments2023-05-21T09:50:21.198-06:00Comments on Life on the Edge of Skating: From Buffalo, New York, with Love..Ateam On The Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18126944544564671835noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-26858070186951698372010-03-09T18:58:48.783-07:002010-03-09T18:58:48.783-07:00Wow...thank you to Molly and the kids! This has be...Wow...thank you to Molly and the kids! This has been quite a journey for all of us, and a real learning experience all around!<br /><br />Bethalice: Jeremy came to his skills later in his career. Tell her to hang in there. Hard work is rewarded - not always with medals, but with constitutional metal that lasts a lifetime!<br /><br />Jen:Your mom had refrigerator magnets? I'm impressed! Kidding aside (since you are a friend of mine), thank you for sharing her more than appropriate quote with us!Ateam On The Edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126944544564671835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-12232848614592710442010-03-08T07:51:53.512-07:002010-03-08T07:51:53.512-07:00This just brought a huge smile to my face. How ver...This just brought a huge smile to my face. How very, very cool to make the Olympic experience a personal one for those kids. I'm reminded of a magnet that my mom has on her fridge, which says "I am not made or unmade<br />by the things that happen to me...<br />but by my reaction to them." (from Saint John of the Cross) Also reminded of Viktor Frankl, who suffered in the WWII concentration camps: "Everything can be taken from a man but ...the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." (From Man's Search for Meaning)JenBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424601308294810255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-1236602630502402782010-03-06T07:56:26.904-07:002010-03-06T07:56:26.904-07:00Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! My daughter s...Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! My daughter skates, and it does not come naturally for the most part. Many elements she fights to learn. She is also a perfectionist, which complicates it. I am not sure if she practices more than all of the skaters at the rink, but she would be in the top three. She fits your PCF motto, in that she tries really hard. If you don't mind, I would like to use your motto for the times she is working really hard, but gets discouraged. Now all I need is to find a picture of your son for my daughter, to remind her of what perseverance can do.bethalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296777392592290217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-47608031593554250962010-03-04T18:45:58.926-07:002010-03-04T18:45:58.926-07:00What an amazing experience you and Molly gave thos...What an amazing experience you and Molly gave those children, Allison! That's an Olympics I'm sure they'll never forget--and what a character-building message to take from it all!Deb Chitwoodhttp://raisingfigureskaters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-43413200255979933872010-03-04T05:01:28.713-07:002010-03-04T05:01:28.713-07:00Fantastic. I still wish I'd had enough of a Tw...Fantastic. I still wish I'd had enough of a Twitter following to get my Jeremy Abbott drinking game going-- Every time Jeremy landed a jump, drink some lemonade!Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-46490298531343874872010-03-03T19:40:27.609-07:002010-03-03T19:40:27.609-07:00Children totally "get it". Their underst...Children totally "get it". Their understanding never ceases to amaze me, and their compassion is so prue and honest. This IS what makes the World go around and around! Bless all the sensitive teachers, and bless the people who give the teachers information to build on. It is truly dimentional to the depths of caring.USIDPCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-24930812721377344992010-03-03T19:33:58.637-07:002010-03-03T19:33:58.637-07:00Ice Girl said, "Wow. That's an awesome te...Ice Girl said, "Wow. That's an awesome teacher."Ice Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639175462486739483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-81503778830533481482010-03-03T19:18:34.556-07:002010-03-03T19:18:34.556-07:00What Ice Mom said! Jeremy truly is a champion hum...What Ice Mom said! Jeremy truly is a champion human being, and a great example for these younger humans. <br /><br />Thank you, Teacher Molly! I hope my son Ross (preparing to teach middle-school math) will be as inspiring a teacher as you are!Georgenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-30393073140271151242010-03-03T19:16:09.897-07:002010-03-03T19:16:09.897-07:00Thank you, Ice Mom! This was a very special thing ...Thank you, Ice Mom! This was a very special thing for us to share, but I think Molly and her class gave us more than what we gave them. I suspect we will be communicating for some time to come!Ateam On The Edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126944544564671835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998600291486243555.post-2464408654610700412010-03-03T19:10:52.243-07:002010-03-03T19:10:52.243-07:00Oh, Allison. This is just beautiful. Thank you for...Oh, Allison. This is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.<br /><br />What an amazing lesson you and Jeremy have taught these kids.<br /><br />That's what a CHAMPION is.<br /><br />Ice MomIce Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639175462486739483noreply@blogger.com