My mother loved to skate and she made sure I loved to, also. I would wear the skate key around my neck. The skate grips would make blisters, even through my thick saddle shoes.
My mother shared this experience but by the time I had my own daughters, they had new kind of skates, lace-up boots and anyway, in-line skates were the thing.
My mother and I would wink with understanding. The next generation? My girls will remember Smurfs, Cabbage Patch kids and Beanie Babies, not Jiffy Pop popcorn, I Love Lassie, the Lone Ranger, Dale Evans, Green Stamps or Chatty Cathy dolls.
SKATE KEY. This is a SKATE KEY.
Up until we moved 5 years ago, we had a pair of skates that would go with that key. My knees feel skinned all over again!
Posted by: allison | April 07, 2009 at 07:46 AM
Ohhhhhhhhhhh in my 'hood we roller skated a lot! I loved it. Did you wear your skate key on a shoe string around your neck?
Posted by: Kay Dennison | April 07, 2009 at 05:05 PM
They were really something. It's a wonder we didn't get killed screaming down the hilly streets on those things.
Posted by: Hattie | April 08, 2009 at 11:34 PM
I remember skating with those skates too.
Eventually they were tossed aside for the boot ones but I loved adjusting them with the key. :)
Posted by: Rhonda | April 12, 2009 at 07:40 AM