This was written by $3 Bill’s eight-year-old niece as a homework assignment about what she wants to be when she grows up.
roller derby girl
When I grow up I would like to be a Roller Derby Girl.
I picked a Roller Derby Girl because I skate well and I work well on a team.
I would respect my teammates and get to practice on time showing I am responsible.
I would need a four year college degree in business and marketing to be successful.
I will use math for keeping score, ticket sales and travel expenses. I will use writing for our business plans and read our programs.
I will need to be safe and healthy and know how to put my padding on.
I think the funnist thing in Roller Derby is that you get to roller skate and have fun with your friends.
I wanted to be a Roller Derby Girl because my Aunt Holly “Wanna Crack Ya” Eden is one.
My Aunt Holly likes to roller skate because she enjoys being with her friends and the competition.
By Lily
I read this to my team on Sunday and we felt it should be CRG’s new mission statement.
Thanks for sharing such a beautifully written piece.
Lily has really captured the heart and soul of what CRG is all about! I hope I’ll be around to see her skate someday. She has some mighty big skates to fill!
Blessings — Father Pat
That is fantastic! I had a chance to bring my sister and my nephew to Nationals last year. My nephew (g yrs old at the time) LOVED it and decided he wanted to be a Roller Girl too! So I bought he and I matching male and female Respect the Ref T-shirts and he’s a ref in training like his Aunt Heinous Grace 😉
That’s lovely!
Now I wanna be a Rollergirl, too.
We’ll I don’t have a Master’s Degree in business and marketing but close…Master’s in computer science 🙂
Awesome read!!! Thank you for sharing.
Dark Enigma