Personal Narrative: My Mom Was A Figure Skater

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My mom was a figure skating coach while I was in figure skating. My sister was also a skater but then she quit because she hated it unlike me it is my life and passion. She would not put her heart to it and was not as passionate about it. My mom was also in a competition too, and she won a medal. On the medal was two figure skaters and a big 1. Quitting was one of the worst things I did.
I was a figure skater for almost 6 years until I quit. I quit because I did not like who my coach was. Her name was Candy she was just turning 24, and did not seem like she knew what she was doing with me. She would teach me what she had to teach her students but I was older and more advanced than them. So it was hard to have her teach me. Before I worked with Candy I worked with my mom's close friend Andrea. Andrea knew what she was doing, and she would always be so encouraging and helping. She was my favorite coach because she
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I remember climbing up the little stool and looking into the guy's eyes that was on the other side of the counter of course he knew what I wanted and would always say, “this what you're looking for today?” I would always laugh and say, “yes” It was my favorite candy, it was a three foot licorous. When I got home from all of the fun that day, I would go into the bathroom and sit by our heater to warm up my toes because they were so cold. But I always thought it was worth it because skating was so fun. I really want to go back to skating it was my whole life and took all the worries I had away it was my home and all the girls and guys there knew my name and everything about me like my favorite color, my favorite candy, and my family. If I did not know them they knew me, so I felt special and like I was important. They knew my family, so they knew

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