A future in gymnastics

My daughter’s recent switch to a new gym was fraught with uncertainties for both of us. She was reluctant to leave her friends and a coach she’d known for 9 years. I was also struggling with questions of whether or not the move was for the right reasons or if I was just following the [...]

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Olympic gymnastics

My daughter and I have been watching the Olympic gymnastics competition for the last week and a half and we’ve been both thrilled and frustrated with the results. It was the first time we really sat down together and watched Olympic gymnastics, even though my daughter has been a competitive gymnast for ten of her fifteen-and-a-half [...]

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Time for a change

It’s time for a change in gymnastics programs for my teenage daughter, a level 9 gymnast who has been in the sport for ten years. Although she is somewhat reluctant to leave the coach she has been with for nine of those years, my husband and I feel this is the right thing to do [...]

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High school cheer

My daughter recently made her high school cheer squad for next year’s season. Tonight she handed me a packet of information with dates, prices, and rules that was handed out at a meeting both of us missed Monday night. Oops! Oh well– that was the night I was watching a baseball game that went into [...]

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