BuggieMom
08-05-2007, 08:30 AM
I really hate to brag. I have sat next to parents who brag about EVERYTHING their darling child is doing, and I can't stand it....but now I just HAVE to or I'll burst!!!!
I am just so blasted proud of my dd! First, she finally starts landing her axel with some consistancy. Then, mid July, she lands her first double sal. So those are two brags...
But this weekend, was about the proudest moment so far! We kicked off her competitive season with a new program, new level, first time with an axel in the program. She went out there and knocked it out of the park! Everything in the program looked fantastic! Spins, footwork, and she LANDED THAT AXEL!!!! Well, at least the first one...the second attempt ended in a pretty big splat, which we remembered was another first for her...first fall in competition!:lol: But she got right up and continued and still ended strong. After I saw that, I really didn't care what her placement was (not that I ever do care about placement), she had exceeded all my expectations and skated to the best of her ability, and that is all we ask of her. Then, as if that weren't enough, she got the gold!!
But to me, that gold was the reward for so much more than that program. She has been through H*** at our rink. Without going into detail, she lost some friends, lost her club and lost all her confidence since Feburuary this year. I have watched that child struggle through this total isolation and hostility, and have ended up in tears myself because I could see it, but there was nothing I could do to make it better. She learned some very hard lessons for a 9-10 yo. But she pushed on. We went away to two skate camps this summer. As soon as I got her out of that atmosphere, she blossomed. Her axel came while we were gone. Her 2 sals came while we were gone. And best of all, her confidence returned while we were gone. She came back with a new attitude. I saw her rise above the nasty atmosphere at our rink and succeed anyway, in spite of it all. Instead of losing her love of skating, she is more determined and in love with it than ever before! Her coach commented after we came back from the last camp, "She grew up during that week!"
And indeed, she did.
So I am bragging on more than my dd's medal. I am just so proud of her for what she has become...a confident, strong little lady!
Props to my little Buggie
I am just so blasted proud of my dd! First, she finally starts landing her axel with some consistancy. Then, mid July, she lands her first double sal. So those are two brags...
But this weekend, was about the proudest moment so far! We kicked off her competitive season with a new program, new level, first time with an axel in the program. She went out there and knocked it out of the park! Everything in the program looked fantastic! Spins, footwork, and she LANDED THAT AXEL!!!! Well, at least the first one...the second attempt ended in a pretty big splat, which we remembered was another first for her...first fall in competition!:lol: But she got right up and continued and still ended strong. After I saw that, I really didn't care what her placement was (not that I ever do care about placement), she had exceeded all my expectations and skated to the best of her ability, and that is all we ask of her. Then, as if that weren't enough, she got the gold!!
But to me, that gold was the reward for so much more than that program. She has been through H*** at our rink. Without going into detail, she lost some friends, lost her club and lost all her confidence since Feburuary this year. I have watched that child struggle through this total isolation and hostility, and have ended up in tears myself because I could see it, but there was nothing I could do to make it better. She learned some very hard lessons for a 9-10 yo. But she pushed on. We went away to two skate camps this summer. As soon as I got her out of that atmosphere, she blossomed. Her axel came while we were gone. Her 2 sals came while we were gone. And best of all, her confidence returned while we were gone. She came back with a new attitude. I saw her rise above the nasty atmosphere at our rink and succeed anyway, in spite of it all. Instead of losing her love of skating, she is more determined and in love with it than ever before! Her coach commented after we came back from the last camp, "She grew up during that week!"
And indeed, she did.
So I am bragging on more than my dd's medal. I am just so proud of her for what she has become...a confident, strong little lady!
Props to my little Buggie