You really do get better with practice. Maybe it doesn't happen right away. Maybe it takes lots and lots of practice, but you will see improvement. Eventually. Better skating. Better spelling and reading. Better understanding of math. Better piano playing. Kids have to keep practicing so many things as they're learning all kinds of new skills. Being patient with them and realizing that we can grow in our weak areas as well, as we practice too--there's the adults' challenge. And to enjoy the whole process. That's a sheer gift. One that doesn't happen every day. One I pray for more of. May God give me patience and joy in the moment, willingness to try and try again, and to get back up when I fall down and pull them up when they do. And then there's those times when they're the ones pulling up me.