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am I always shining for God?

Today, my family and I were traveling to Lincoln ,NE to skate USA Rollersports national championships, which goes from today the 13th through Friday the 18th.  During the car ride BJ began talking about skating and immediately I got extremely nervous and anxious.  Let's face it, nationals is a pretty big deal.  To top it off, I've spent the last year getting ready for this week.  For these moments ahead in the very, very, extremely near future.  While he was talking I became emotional.  I am afraid, afraid to lose, afraid to let BJ down, afraid to let myself down, afraid to let Jay down who has coached me with my husband, to let my children down, to not perform and have all of those people in my life who didn't like skating say, "see, you're wasting your time skating around in circles!"  Most of all, I'm afraid to let God down!  I know that may sound crazy but it's very real for me.  You see, my whole life, until I met my husband and then later became a mother, I had been taught by most people very close to be that love...

Here are some of my thoughts before durring and after my races at Westchester OH, March 08.

Races:  Classic Ladies:  1500M, 500m, Senior 3 Lady, Classic 2 mix

•   1500m:  I was pretty nervous.  I had never skated against Angi Taylor before but I knew she was good, she won Classic Ladies in 2006.  I knew 3 of the other girls and was confident the pace would be comfortable.  I knew as long as I stayed in position, passed only when needed and did NOT lead that I had a chance to win it.  During the race the pace was pretty slow, I only made easy passes and stayed out of the lead.  I’ve never been in position like that as the race wound down and been confident I could win.  I was skating to win and wanted nothing less, so I sat until 2 laps to go and passed into the lead and hit it hard and won.              
•   500m:  I was very nervous!  I’ve always gotten passed with one or two to go and I didn’t know if I had 5 laps all out,...