Learning to Skate
By Krista Martinelli
I thought I already knew everything
About how to skate
How to glide, turn, loop
Into a figure eight.
But with two little ones
Everything is new
Learning to balance
While supporting two.
Catching, wiping tears,
Pulling up, brushing off,
Wiping noses, putting on gloves,
Encouraging words and stronger stuff.
Your first bad fall on the ice
You never forget
But there’s nothing like your kids falling –
Learning to let
Go – because it’s good for them
Laughing, falling, hurting, mending
It hurts to watch
It’s never-ending.
Krista Martinelli is the editor of AroundWellington.com, the online Wellington magazine, and she’s a mother of a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old.