Skates, Drugs, and How to Rock and Roll on When Life Knocks You Down
Turn a setback into a comeback with this story on how to rebuild your body and mind
The Trip Before the Trip
It was a cool, clear, and crisp February night here in New Brunswick Canada.
The snow crunched with every step you took and the moon was full and bright, casting a calm blue hue on the white ground below.
My wife was out of town across the border in Maine for work and our daughter was working at her part-time job at our local grocery store. So after supper, I decided to take our younger son out skating at one of our local outdoor rinks.
We arrived at the rink hearing the faint voices of families laughing and skating, as the sound of the sharp blades of steel cut through the cold solid ice.
After a few minutes, we were laced up and having fun together racing around the rink and creating fast-moving shadows on the well-worn ice illuminated by the lights overhead.
