This is my daughter and her dear friend.
This is them holding their FIRST PLACE trophy.
Their cheer squad competed against 21 teams and they took FIRST PLACE.
It was their first competition of the season.
I was so proud that I cried.
Sobbed would be more like it.
These girls work HARD.
My daughter gets to practice an hour early each day (they practice for 2-4 hours a day)
so she can run and stretch and watch the Varsity squad and learn what they learn.
She goes to gymnastics classes on her only day off of practice.
She goes to open gyms to practice even more.
Instead of basking in the glow of their win (some of the girls, okay, MOST of the girls napped)
her and her buddy in the picture reviewed their scores and tried to figure out how to make
their routine better, to increase their scores.
Sometimes it's good to be a mom.
Sometimes you get to be really really proud of the people your children have become.
This is one of those times.
4 comments:
I have the biggest, cheesiest smile on my face right now, just looking at your daughter and thinking how proud you both must be!
What a huge accomplishment, and a testimony to working hard and keeping your eye on the goal.
Weird when our daughters can teach us a lesson, huh?
You did good, Momma. You deserve to be proud!
Awesomeness!!! So happy for all of you! Hard work is an important life skill and now she knows why!
(I so would have cried too!)
How wonderful they did!!!! I bet you are proud!...but what I love is that took the time to still figure out how to do better...that is wonderful!
Congratulations to your daughter!! I know just how you feel, my daughter was a cheerleader in high school and I loved to go to the games!
Good luck in their next phase of the competition! :-)
xoxo
Jane
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