I read that on an Instagram post by UCLA Gymnastics today. The current senior class of college gymnasts could easily be considered the best class NCAA has ever witnessed. Unfortunately, their senior year of competition was cut short. A few of the well known girls being Maggie Nichols, Kyla Ross, and Madison Kocian. They have all been elite gymnasts, competed at Worlds, and Kyla and Maddie were both gold medal olympians. My heart is sad for them and all of the others missing their final Nationals competition. My heart is sad for any and all seniors, high school or college, missing out on “lasts”.
However, I appreciated UCLA’s approach. There are always what ifs we could ask. It’s a great life lesson even though currently in the thick of it, it’s a grief they have to bear. One day, they’ll be able to tell their grandchildren about the time everything shut down. It will be their version of our grandparents, “back in my day we had to walk to school in the snow, uphill both ways!” Truth be told, it feels like we’re all trying to sprint uphill both ways in the snow.
However, until that day, when we can all look back on this with a different viewpoint, we celebrate what was accomplished and try to push away all of the what if’s.
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