Description: Thoughts Create reality
Not a lot compares to being 10-years old and getting your first skateboard. I still remember this day so vividly. I’d been playing team sports for some years and liking it, but after getting a board somehow knew that skating would be “my thing.” I was right. Seventeen years later I still love it. This “thing” has taught many lessons, introduced me to lifelong friends, and provided for lots of fun.
Today, I got to relive this day times twelve. The past few Saturdays we’ve been teaching the kids from Milk and Honey how to skate. Milk and Honey is a community-based organization that provides early intervention programs for at-risk children and youth in Pensacola’s inner city. I didn’t expect these kids to take to skating like they did. I imagined that a few of the kids would want to pursue it, but it ended up being more like all of them. I’ve done a lot of skate lessons and have never seen a group of ki
All the kids left today with brand new skateboards, helmets, and a membership to the Waterboyz skatepark. We asked in return that they “pay it forward” and try to help out when they can, and reminded them that a small act of kindness can make a big impact in someone’s life. They also agreed to be advocates for the skatepark project we’ve been working on that will be in memory of Blake Doyle.