Monday, June 8, 2009

Bittersweet endings

After 6 years of All Star Cheerleading, Cheerleader Girl and I found out today that her all star gym will no longer offer a senior team. Due to lower sign ups this past year, partly because of the current state of our economy I am sure, the owner/director felt it was in the best interest to combine the junior and senior teams. What this means to us is there is no team for which CG meets the age requirements. As a result, there will be no more all star cheering for her. In the long run, this will be a good thing for our family, since cheerleading is an expensive and extremely time consuming sport. However, it was quite a shock to get the news. It would have been CG’s last year of all star cheerleading, and to be informed that LAST year was the end of the road, is disappointing. Had we known that her last competition would have been the end, we would have celebrated it as, the end. As it turned out it was more like “Good Job girls, see you next year.” Now, there will be nothing. Sure there are other gyms in the area, but when you have been with the same program for 6 years, it just wouldn’t be the same. The positive spin on it, is that she will be able to start her senior year with one less burden. She will still cheer for her high school for both competition and for sideline, but will have much more time on her hands, and we will have much more money in our pockets. I will miss those cheer weekends, where it was just she and I together at competitions, but I am glad we had the times together.

As time passes on, I realize this is only the first of many “endings” to come.

5 comments:

Mental P Mama said...

Awww. That stinks. But at least she still has the school program. And, yes, get ready for more lasts. They seem to snowball as they get ready to leave the nest;)

Busy Bee Suz said...

Aw, that is sad...but like you said, more time and money. This being her senior year, you will have to take out a 2nd mortgage between pictures and such....
I hope she still enjoys her upcoming cheer groups and will look back on those compeitive days as good ones!

Pleasing Procrasinator said...

That's sad to hear but now maybe with the extra $$ (I know how expensive the competitive cheer is) the two of you could do spa or beach weekends.

Big Hair Envy said...

As sad as it may be, I'm SURE CG will find plenty of ways to spend her "free" time!!! You might actually get to see her once in a while....!

Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades. said...

I have been doing alot of sighing the last few weeks!

I love your new look.

Am I the only one who can only post once a week these days??