Mexico!

Two and a half weeks in Mexico! I was very happy I got to spend two full weeks in Mexico, I have not done that since I left to UWC when I was 16. While at home I got to train gymnastics at my old gym the one I used to go with Scott for our competitions in Mexico. It was a bit hard to go back and explain to my coaches that I am training just because I love the sport and because I wanted to compete one more season with the UC team. The parents of the girls that train at my gym kept asking me if I was going to come and compete at Nationals and I kept sadly saying no. They asked me about Scott and why wasn't he here training me, I explained that he was not my coach anymore. It was hard...
          I kind of wished I could have two lives and I could train gymnastics the proper way in order to get to the level I will need to be to compete at Nationals while the other me could continue through as an MDPhD. Unfortunately that cant be done. Fortunately, I think I have found a good middle with me doing well in school and training enough to compete at the club level.
         The highlight of the trip was the gymnastics reunion my old coach Cesar organized. He was able to bring together all of my old teammates and we had a night practice at the gym; it was a blast. Some of these girls are now mothers and hadn’t done a cartwheel in 10 years but there they were running around the floor like old times. It was one of the best days of my life!!!
         That day, I felt proud, I felt proud of my gymnastics career. I felt proud of all of the lessons that gymnastics has taught me, and that have allowed me to succeed in other aspects of my life. I felt proud for having pushed myself to continue to learn from gymnastics even when I thought it was all over. I felt proud for having kept in touch with Cesar and Yuri, for having shared my one-last shot with them. Cesar and Yuri are part of my core, their lessons beyond the gym had stuck with me and helped shape in one way or another the person I am today.
         I am eternally grateful to them, to Scott and to all of the other coaches that have had a play in my gymnastics career.

Reunion photos:

A few years ago....