Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Ice Skates (in that order)

At 5 am this morning we walked down to the light rail train station to catch the 5:19 train to the airport (just made it!). We then took a plane from Minneapolis/St.Paul International airport to Detroit. Thanks Wisconsin for making the ride more exciting. Once in Detroit (I've been to DTW a multitude of times, this is the first time I've left the airport in 20 years) we rented a car (sigh). We have been navigating our way around some Detroit suburbs--Pontiac, Bloomfield. Three hours in town and we've been to two rinks already. But the Detroit Figure Skating Club is home of some champions: Tara Lapinski, Todd Eldredge, Belbin and Agosto. We saw two champions, in addition to Caryn Kadavy (my daughter's  coach), in the first 10 minutes at the rink, who are now coaching (though still skating, too)--Todd Eldridge and John Zimmerman.

I had a moment today, when my daughter was struggling with an injury in a way I haven't seen her before, that I felt like I had the courage to navigate yet another unknown city, be the scaffolding and support for my daughter, and stay true to my purpose. But I spent most of the rest of the day doubting my ability to tolerate the unknown (aren't I supposed to feel liberated by the unknown?), to stay centered in myself, to hold steady for my daughter, and to walk the day with an open heart. I also realized I wasn't feeling very happy. Lately I have had much more joy and happiness in any given moment, even while I've been tending to some internal and external challenges. But today I felt like I was so far from myself.

But now at the end of the day, having had a nice vegan dinner, and as we watch "So you think you can dance" while icing the hurting parts of ourselves, there seems to be some hope in us both. 

We will deal with what comes to us tomorrow, tomorrow.