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fame and friends of figure skating spending any amount of time with susan was always a highlight of my trips we all missed the opportunity to be together in 2020 with the pandemic but plans were in the works for a grand reunion just weeks ago we were messaging back and forth about the upcoming us national championships in nashville more than simply being where the 2022 olympic team will be named it was more about finally being able to get everyone together again under one roof to once again share our love of a sport that has brought us so much out of many memories i have from all these years the one thing for which i am most grateful besides her unwavering friendship is that susan brought me an on going dedication to helping support our athletes in every way possible her enthusiasm was contagious her focus unwavering her dedication unquestionable what a gift she shared with us there is a hole in our hearts right now it will be there for a long time to come but we will take the lessons susan taught us and move them forward with the devotion and passion that were her trademarks while we will not be privileged to bask in her enormous presence see that smile and twinkle in her eye or hear that always present laugh we will know she s there with us she will always be there because susan brought so many of us with her on this journey out of the many she touched there will always be one light that will not be extinguished it shines on all of us from having had susan in our lives she was one in a million rest well my friend posted by ateam on the edge at monday april 26 2021 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday december 27 2020 an open letter to 2020 things i learned that i didn t know i needed dear 2020 no sense in rehashing what you wrought in this universally challenging year volumes will be written by those much better equipped than i however on my part there have been some personal revelations life lessons and some things i needed to be reminded of that are worth chronicling here i ll just call them personal observations and lessons learned here are a few of the highlights having a somewhat perverse sense of humor is a survival skill a commitment to a healthy diet is a survival skill pilates classes with my daughter on zoom are a great idea on so many levels it s also a survival skill housebound exercise on youtube is housebound exercise on youtube no matter which way you slice it and i m not sure i d classify it a survival skill but you could have done better with some of those videos really outdoor exercise almost no matter what the weather is a survival skill zoom volunteer committee meetings lasting longer than an hour is a survival skill that requires a strong constitution something that s occasionally lacking at my age zoom family calls are an essential survival skill that can be extremely funny and sometimes incredibly awkward memes created in your honor have helped many of us survive while reassuring me i m not alone in my twisted sense of humor working on a new project with my husband without needing bail money most of the time is the epitome of survival skills in the category of lessons learned there are these revelations i have way too many pairs of black leggings i don t have any shoes other than slippers sneakers snow and hiking boots and a single pair of flipflops i need more soft sweaters because i ve reached the point where i want to burn the ones i have i hate bras i really hate bras i have socks in my drawer that actually match only because i m not wearing them i have socks in my drawer that are older than my youngest child and possibly my oldest i know everywhere that mike and frank have visited over the past 17 seasons of american pickers and i can now identify motorcycle parts in a pile of junk buried in my neighbor s backyard don t ask the people on my mother s side of the family were hoarders and my mother never threw away anything including but not limited to pocket calendar style address books dating back to 1946 bank statements going back to the 1950s ephemera of all shapes sizes and unknown origins pertaining to who knows what and old love letters that dated back to before i was born i m sure she didn t even remember they still existed mixed among the aforementioned papers they definitely fell into the tmi category and she would have been mortified to know that i had unwittingly perused them i have large plastic containers filled to the brim with several generations of family photos including unidentified trees people flowers and feet there are literally no scrapbooks large enough for 32 years of competitive skating memorabilia not all old vhs tapes of non qualifying competitions currently filling six packing boxes are keepers cassette tapes of old programs dating back to the early 1990s do not need to be displayed played or kept for that matter it s okay to go minimalist but when in doubt send a photo to the kids to see if they want it first i ve been out of the mindreading business far too long and i m woefully out of practice however the most important thing i learned from you 2020 is to be present you reminded me to be there for people to help where i could to counsel if asked and to shut up and listen when it was truly needed you also reminded me the importance of saying i m sorry and thank you because both are worth their weight in gold as i get ready to fling open our windows and doors to guide you gently out and cautiously welcome 2021 i really need to prepare there is so much ahead so much to do i m stronger and hopefully wiser because of you 2020 your lessons were not wasted on me and you will not be forgotten i have a very long memory yours truly posted by ateam on the edge at sunday december 27 2020 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels commentary family figure skating humor musings opinion parenting monday october 19 2020 pure imagination part ii like almost everyone i know my hope was that pure imagination of what a season could be would give way to actual competition as 2020 came careening around the corner to hopefully a hard stop unfortunately it was not to be covid continues to rock our rinks upending the 2020 21 season and forcing us to find new ways to experience skating at this writing the grand prix season is all but decimated skate america is happening in what s being called the bubble at the orleans arena in las vegas in lieu of an enthusiastic audience many of us chose to do virtual appearances via cardboard cutouts the proceeds of which benefit the usfs memorial fund it s the next best thing to being there i suppose i can t complain about having a front row seat for the entire competition for my donation however by zach donohue at orleans arena las vegas skate america 2020 of course nothing can truly replace the roar of the crowd the flash of sequins the thrill of victory and the abject agony of the kiss cry when you re sitting there with your friends and skating family it is what we live for each season so with this in mind i contacted my co author master jack and asked him to elaborate on what skating might be like in the future say 100 years from now having touched on this in part i of our blog my young friend sent me a further explanation of how he sees equipment evolving i have no doubt that some forward thinking boot and blade companies will take note some of these ideas are already being incorporated to a much more modest degree than master jack envisions but it is only 2020 after all who knows what the future holds for those who dare to dream posted by ateam on the edge at monday october 19 2020 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels commentary figure skating humor musings parenting us figure skating saturday august 29 2020 virtual reality i received a call the other day from the mom of a young skater who was about to have her first shot at making nationals in junior ladies the mom was frantic because of the new competition structure put in place for the 2020 season due to the continuing pandemic how can they do this to us it just isn t fair it s not what we were expecting well 2020 wasn t what we we were expecting remember when we wished 2019 would just go away i don t know about you but 2019 is looking pretty darn good right now i didn t really have an answer for this mom other than to tell her that unprecedented times call for unexpected changes trite i know but it was the best i could do on short notice and being put on the spot what i wanted to say to her i ll say to all of you skating is a sport full stop the fact that any skaters at all are getting back on the ice in the midst of a disease that has been ravaging people in countries around the world is kind of a flipping lutzing miracle if you get any semblance of a truncated season consider yourself one of the lucky few 2020 obviously hasn t come with a book of instructions the pages are being written and rewritten nearly by the hour as things continue to evolve there are no norms there is no normal it s a lewis and clark moment where every step is being mapped for the first time in real time the other side is that there are groups of people in our skating world who are working their axels off to make something anything happen in order to salvage something looking like a season from the local clubs to our national governing body to even the isu no idea is off the table as long as it first takes into account the health and safety of everyone involved from skaters and their fa milies to coaches officials and yes fans unlike other times in our sport s history right now the wheel is not being recreated it s been thrown out the window i am not privy to any insider competition information i m just sitting here in front of my computer trying to make sense of it all what i do know is that i ve seen the fierce dedication of coaches and choreographers who have been finding new ways to keep skaters enthusiastic and engaged through on line classes via zoom what i do know is that the peggy fleming trophy competition in june may have been that invaluable scout for our expedition into the unknown also what i know because of my involvement with my husband s new podcast venture is that musicians are exploring new platforms with no signal delay so that they can gather together virtually and play together in real time all kinds of new technology is being tested daily some of it may even be applicable to having competitions in real time logistically it would be incredibly challenging from an organizational and technical standpoint and fraught with possible pitfalls but it is doable as we ve said in this household for an entire skating career anything is possible pigs can fly the most important thing you can do right now is to be patient you probably have a lot of things to worry about that are infinitely more important if your kid is able to be on the ice and have some sense of normal be grateful if you re an adult skater and back on the ice you re already grateful i know i see your posts on facebook and instagram most of all try to keep perspective nothing can truly replace being there live and in person for a competition but that may be our virtual reality this season we simply don t know as one of my favorite bosses told me years ago you can t hold back the ocean posted by ateam on the edge at saturday august 29 2020 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels commentary figure skating opinion parenting saturday july 18 2020 pure imagination i have a wonderful young friend he is nine years old with an amazing shock of curly red hair he s creative funny and fun and he just happens to be a skater who is competing freestyle 2 and whose favorite jump is salchow he calls me mrs allison because he s polite like that i call him master jack we got to spend some quality time together at the 2020 us figure skating national championships in greensboro north carolina this past january what now in this time of pandemic seems like a lifetime ago jack got to meet some of his favorite senior level skaters like madison hubbell you cannot fault his good taste as well as nathan chen among many others over the course of the weekend he sat in the stands absolutely transfixed watching every edge and every nuance he was absorbing it all like a sponge i was impressed one day on the way to the arena jack and i were talking about what skating might look like in the future not in the near term but a hundred years from now jack pondered my question came up with a few ideas and then we both promptly forgot amidst the excitement of all that was going on around us enter covid 19 that turned our worlds upside down like all kids jack was coping with school at home not being able to see his friends and not being able to skate i sent jack a letter with words of encouragement in return he sent me a lovely letter written in his best cursive we were now officially pen pals recently jack s been skating again on limited sessions like just about all the skaters who have rinks that have been able to open in chatting with his mom i remembered jack s and my conversation and i asked if he would be willing to use his creative talents to tell me in words and artwork what he thought skating in 2120 might look like master jack gladly responded with his insights i think in 100 years skating will have septuple axels and salchows there will lifts in pairs where the male jumps in the air while lifting his partner for costumes i think ladies will be able to wear two piece costumes and boys will be able to wear shorts in dance i think there will little rockets on the back of their skates to make them go even faster possibly back flips will be allowed in competition for all skaters i think they will have the ability to have fireworks coming out of their skates i think we will be able to have all events in outside arenas where the temperature is controlled there will be fireworks during every event and the fireworks are what will play the program music i won t be around to see if jack s predictions come true but somehow i don t think he s that far off at least i hope not because what comes from the pure imagination of a child is often our future i certainly hope so post script july 17 u s figure skating did something remarkable in the midst of the continuing pandemic they brought us skating again and hope by presenting the first virtual competition ever attempted the peggy fleming trophy it wasn t live but it was skating and a glimpse into what our future may be at least for awhile with so many lows of late it was something that got us all excited about how today s technology could bring us back together via watch parties twitter and facebook to enjoy and critique this very unique event it took a lot of work imagination and skaters willing to put themselves out there in front of a vir...