Tied Together With A Smile.: If I get up I might fall back down again..let's get up, come on!

"I think that we can accept things when they are fair and just..but when we know that they are wrong and not correct, we have a harder time getting over it and accepting the fact that we may have "failed" at something that in all honesty we didn't fail at..we were merely cheated out of something that we deserved."

I've never been the most flexible girl out there. I played soccer are a kid and couldn't be in for more than five minutes because i would get tired. I loved music and singing, that was my passion. It wasn't until last year that I realized what I truly loved doing. Whether it was being in a gym performing for a pep rally or being under those bright stadium lights on friday nights, I fell in love with cheering. I wasn't the best one out there, I couldn't tumble, I couldn't jump that high, but when I cheered and danced, everything felt right. I looked forward to friday nights each week, in a way, it kind of kept me going throughout my week. I LOVED cheering. It felt right and i felt like it was what I was supposed to be doing! I made the squad in April 2009 and practice started immediately for the annual blue and white game..I was so scared to cheer for my first time. But with some help and encouragement, I did it! and that was the moment that I realized that I loved it! We held little girl camp at the end of school in May and it felt amazing to have all the Elementary girls look up to you; to want to be you. They clung to our every word, and always tried to get us to pick them up and hold their hands. Cheering made me feel like I was special and that someone actually looked up to me! We went to "big girl camp" in June and I was SO nervous about going, I didn't know what to expect and I was so afraid that I would be so behind and not make friendships with the girls. I wanted so badly to be liked. Camp was great and we won 'camp-champs' and it was the best feeling! August rolled around and it was time for the first football game. I had learned the cheers, the dances, and how to do the spirit tunnel and I was ready for it all..little did I know that I could hardly remember the cheers and that I was so nervous! Football season lasted forever and I loved every minute of it! We went to state, and lost, but it was still an amazing experience. I thank God for the opportunity that he gave me to cheer and have that confidence that I could do anything! I'm gonna miss those bright lights, and those Friday nights next year...my senior year..i guess I never thought that it was an option that I would not cheer..but I guess we don't always get what we expect. Anyways, my junior year was amazing because I got to try something new, and little did i expect, I fell in love with it! I truly did love it..but someone took that love away from me, and I can not make myself believe that I did not make the football squad. But whatever, there's nothing that can change that now. So, to all those who believed in me, thanks you got me through one of the hardest things that I have ever done, and to all those who didn't think I could do it..thanks for the extra push to try harder! I will always love cheering, and it will always be apart of me, even if I am the only returning senior that got stuck on basketball..I am still going to be positive and cheer like it's my last year...oh wait it is!