A welcome distraction

February 17th, 2008 at 10:57pm Jeniece Smith

I went to my roller derby league’s practice tonight and — like I’ve been quite a few times in the past few days — was ambushed with hugs. I hadn’t seen a lot of my Rockford Rage derby sisters since before Thursday, so the embraces were plentiful.

I didn’t really feel like skating at first, so I watched my league-mates zip around the floor. Before the end of the night, I was restless to join them.

Since classes at NIU have been canceled for the entire week, I’ll probably be skating quite a bit. It will keep me busy. The league is also planning a benefit that will go toward the NIU memorial fund, and wants to do something special for NIU students at the next roller derby bout on March 8. It makes me happy to see those girls, some of them NIU grads, pulling together to accomplish some good.

A lot of businesses and organizations have decided to help NIU students during this time. May they be blessed for their kindness.

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