Having the Time of My Life — As An Adult Ice Skater
Because what Adult Ice Skater wouldn’t want to attempt a rendition of Dirty Dancing on ice?
I step onto the ice wearing a nervous smile and a pale pink dress. The competition announcer cajoles the audience to welcome Jenni and David to the ice. We share a final okay, we’re really doing this glance, bend our knees, and take our first stroke in near-perfect unison. At center ice we settle into our intro poses. The music begins…
“Now I’ve had the time of my life, no I never felt like this before…” The iconic song chimes from the speakers. And in that moment a lifelong dream of mine came true.
As a pre-tween I dared to dream that one day I would re-create the last dance from Dirty Dancing. Through the years, that last dance never ceased to mesmerize me. Bad boy Johnny Castle and his bold proclamation that “nobody puts baby in a corner,” never failed to inspire me.
Though I never pictured my last dance rendition taking place on the ice. I didn’t grow up skating. Six years ago I first took to the ice and from that very first…
