I remember my sister and I learning to skate clutching mom&#x27;s hand, one on each side. Quite frankly, I don&#x27;t know how mom stayed up. As one of us fell on our bum and  got back up, the other would crash. We seesawed back and forth (my bum was on the ice more than my skates) and mom stayed steady as our standing anchor in the middle. :) Both of us now know how to skate because of one resolute woman in the middle.