My Mother Stopped Working When

If I'm On Skates, I Feel At Home No Matter What I'm Doing. If They Wanted Me To Sing And Dance I Think I Could Do It Just Becausei Was On Skates. When I'm Not On Skates, Though, I Feel Very Strange.

Our Family Life, Before Figure Skating Turned It Upside Down, Seemed Normal. Our Town Of Riverside, Connecticut, Was Part Of Greenwich, And We Had The Advantage Of Their Wonderful Community, With Great Beaches And Beautiful Parks.

I Always Had The Sense That Nothing Was Never Good Enough - Striving For Perfection. My Mother And I Had A Sort Of Typical Mother-daughter Relationship.

My Parents Didn't Have A Lot Of Money, But We Never Knew That. They Really Did The Best They Could.

I Think I Dreamed About Competing At The Olympics, Maybe Hoping To Win A Gold Medal. Not That I Ever Thought That I Would, But I Dreamed About It.