NewsWorld News

Actions

Woman buys roller skates 40 years after she owned them as a teen

woman finds skates.png
Woman buys roller skates 40 years after she owned them as a teen.mp4
Posted
and last updated

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A woman is reunited with the roller skates she owned as a teen 40 years later.

Renée Forrestall of Canada thought it was unusual that she found a pair of skates online that looked just like her old ones.

Once she got her foot in one of the skates, she knew she found a good fit.

"It's like a Cinderella and the slipper moment. It was very strange. It was like the perfect fit. I couldn't believe it. And they felt good. It wasn't even like the new ones that I had. It was like they were broken into my foot,” Forrestall said.

She then asked the seller where he got the skates

“As he's telling me, I flip back the tongue and there's my name. And I was like, ‘what?!’ I thought, I couldn't even believe it. I thought ‘who? How?’ I said, ‘this is me! These were mine,” Forrestall exclaimed.

She said she doesn’t think this was a coincidence.

"The universe works in mysterious ways, you know? And i think things come around for a reason,” Forrestall said.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Tuesday

09/16/2025

Clear

-° / 71°

0%

Wednesday

09/17/2025

Cloudy

98° / 74°

15%

Thursday

09/18/2025

Partly Cloudy

87° / 70°

19%

Friday

09/19/2025

Mostly Clear

86° / 70°

4%

Saturday

09/20/2025

Clear

90° / 70°

6%

Sunday

09/21/2025

Partly Cloudy

91° / 72°

4%

Monday

09/22/2025

Partly Cloudy

94° / 73°

11%

Tuesday

09/23/2025

Clear

94° / 69°

2%