Preface

When my group skating lessons ended, I was not mentally mature enough to rationalize the potential consequences of skating or not skating on the rest of my life. I did not know that children training to be serious competitors get out of bed at four in the morning, eat only healthy foods and do not play with neighborhood friends. I can give myself credit for the ingenuity and steadfastness to continue my dream of becoming a figure skater. That childhood beginner class was not the end of my skating.

"Saving Grace, the Life of an Adult Figure Skater" is the story of a woman who has loved skating since early childhood. Instead of abandoning her dream to be a skater when her parents were unsupportive, she perservered and enjoyed figure skating as an adult. Throughout the challenges of growing up, pursuing higher education and taking her chances in the corporate world; skating has been Kate's constant companion. It provided her with comfort and numerous challenges.

The Chapters

Chapter 1	Sentience
Chapter 2	Roller Girl
Chapter 3	Popping the Question
Chapter 4	Circular Skirts and Sequins
Chapter 5	Starting College
Chapter 6	The Botonist and the Bridal Designer
Chapter 7	She's Leaving Home
Chapter 8	Pomp and Circumstance
Chapter 9	Illusions
Chapter 10	Beacons in the Night
Chapter 11	Motherly Love
Chapter 12	On a Roll Again
Chapter 13	Many Happy Returns
Chapter 14	Transitions
Chapter 15	Not a Rink in Sight
Chapter 16	Arctic Circle
Chapter 17	A Diamond for Whatever
Chapter 18	Private Lesson
Chapter 19	Choosing Between Two Dreams
Chapter 20	The Show
Chapter 21	Arrivals and Departures
Chapter 22	Sweet Spot Serenade
Chapter 23	Shooting the Duck
Chapter 24	Avoiding Reality
Chapter 25	Paradise Found
Chapter 26	Original Spinner
Chapter 27	Attack of the Killer Layback
Chapter 28	The Big Freestyle
Chapter 29	Sit and Spin
Chapter 30	Bride Not to Be
Chapter 31	A Many Splendored Thing
Chapter 32	In Loving Memory
Chapter 33	Whatever Happened to Devin McGee?
Chapter 34	Jet Airliner
Chapter 35	Grocery Boy
Chapter 36	Extrapolation
Chapter 37	Points of Departure
Chapter 38	Summer Gala
Chapter 39	The Haves and the Have Nots
Chapter 40	Skate Martinsville
Chapter 41	The Highest Dias in the Winners' Row
Chapter 42	Skating Nightmares and Daydreams
Chapter 43	Gifts
Chapter 44	Prom Dates, Boyfriends and Fiancés
Chapter 45	Always a Bride, Never a Bridesmaid
Chapter 46	The Tortoise and the Hares
Chapter 47	The View from Hell
Chapter 48	All But Dissertation
Chapter 49	Summer Vacation
Chapter 50	The Bitter End
Chapter 51	Skating into the Sunset
Chapter 52	A Harpist with the Symphony
Chapter 53	The Promised Land
Chapter 54	A Stranger in a Strange Rink
Chapter 55	The Legend of Howard Millbank
Chapter 56	The Legend of Howard Millbank, Part Two
Chapter 57	The Dog Act
Chapter 58	Adult Session
Chapter 59	Wild Rink Chase
Chapter 60	Career Girl
Chapter 61	The Cubicle of the Damned
Chapter 62	Two Weeks
Chapter 63	Lessons with Orry
Chapter 64	Doctor Kitty
Chapter 65	When Camels Fly
Chapter 66	Cinderella Marries Again
Chapter 67	Jumping for Joy
Chapter 68	False Flattery
Chapter 69	Maple Terrace, Vermont
Chapter 70	Katherine Northcott Svenssen
Chapter 71	Nesting Instinct
Chapter 72	Belly Button Caldera
Chapter 73	The Mud Puddle
Chapter 74	Getting the Message
Chapter 75	Heaven is a Rink on Earth
Chapter 76	The Flim-Flam Men
Chapter 77	Broken Timmy
Chapter 78	Prelude to an Epiphany
Chapter 79	The Holy Grail
Chapter 80	Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 81	Satisfactory vs. Excellent
Chapter 82	Test Anxiety
Chapter 83	Former Adult Skater
Chapter 84	The Lady at the Fish Counter
Chapter 85	Grabbing the Silver Ring
Chapter 86	Gowns Made of Spandex
Chapter 87	The Quest Continues
Chapter 88	Hope Springs Eternal
Chapter 89	Casualty of the Axel
Chapter 90	In the Absence of Skating
Chapter 91	Command Performance
Chapter 92	The Hard Way
Chapter 93	Gold Standard
Chapter 94	An Unexpected Island of Poetry
Chapter 95	A Husband's Perspective (11/16/2004)

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