The Beginning Of The End

Seniors Rule!

Thursday night was "Senior Night" for Evanston's Gymnastics team.  This is the time of the season, where they take time to celebrate the Seniors on the team.  

As I sat in the stands with another Senior mom (shout out to Linda!), we reminisced about our very first Senior Night, 4 years ago when our girls started on Junior Varsity as Freshman.  The Senior girls on Varsity seemed so big, so old, so mature to us back then.  Being the parent of a Senior seemed so far away for us.  Now our girls are the Seniors!

And there we were on Thursday, good friends now.  4 years of chatting, joking,  long meets and those hard benches.  The injured back, knees, ankles, broken elbow, broken toes, many hospital visits, Dr. visits and physical therapy sessions.  The proud Gymnastic Mom moments.  It all happened so fast.

So, Thursday's Senior Night was the first of what may be a lot of "Senior Year" moments.  It was the beginning of the end of Gabby's high school career.  I knew this would sneak up on me.  I was prepared...no tears.  There will plenty of time for tears in the next few months.