Tuesday, April 5, 2011

It's the end of the road!

What an amazing senior year of cheer! I am so glad to have ended on this note. As many of you know, we made it to nationals this year! We got to travel to California and spend three days at Disneyland. It was SO much fun.


State 2011
Stunting in front of the castle
stuck on the Matterhorn. Thank goodness for firefighters!
LJ's!
One of my FAVORITE rides :) Again, LJ's!
National's 2011
My "sisters from another mister". And Travis of course :)




My years of high school cheer have now subsided. It's bittersweet. I love all the great friends I have made in cheer. They are like sisters to me and I will miss them all greatly. I realize that cheer is not a "sport" in which you score more points in order to beat your opponents (even though technically, when we aren't cheering for other people and we are competing, it is the exact same thing as what you people call "a sport"). However, cheer takes SO much time and dedication. Three hours of the day, five days a week, ten months a year. It requires trust and love for one another, teamwork, and unity. Unlike other sports, if we don't have one girl, our family is incomplete. Without ONE girl, our pyramid is missing vital support. Cheer requires patience to deal with the drama of 30 teenage girls, with the same menstrual cycle. It requires strength. Physical strength, because while you all lift weights, we lift people. Mental strength, because even when the world stereotypes us as "dumb", "stuck up" and "skanky" we have to overcome the world, and be good role models to represent our school.

You might play four quarters of a football game, but you forget who is there on the sidelines cheering those four quarters, with the addition of a halftime AND timeouts. You might be playing the most intense basketball game of your life, but you forget who is cheering for BOTH boys and girls basketball that night. We cheer for you, we bake cookies for you, we bring you notes of encouragement on your "big game day", we support you. ALL of you. But if only people realized how much effort we truly put in.

And as I rolled up the blue cheer mats for the last time, I let out a big sigh of relief. I made it. Four years of cheer, all coming to an end. I am so grateful for the amazing people I have been able to meet and become close with. Thank you guys for the best ride of my life :) I love you all

My coaches,

my teammates,

my sisters.


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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    This is really amazing. I have never given cheer much thought or credit for that matter. I think it's different when you cheer in high school. Thats when you find yourself and who you are....

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  2. A day in the life of the Campbell'sApril 12, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    I love this post like I love all your posts and I am extremely proud of you doing it all four years for 10 months and everyday after school for 3 or more hours. I am glad that you were able to have this experience because it has made you grow and realize how important being a member of a team is. YOU are truly dedicated to everything you do. I hope your life at BYU will make you grow in even more ways than you could ever imagine. YO are a star in soooo many ways and I love you tremendously!!! Love, MOM

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  3. AudyCampApril 20, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    You are Awesome Melissa! Way to stick with it all those years! What an accomplishment! I hope that the future only gets brighter from here & I know it will. :)

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