My daughter Maeve decided to try out for Cheerleading for the first time her Senior year. She was very excited when she made the team, and she quickly informed us that she would need about $175 for supplies and a jacket (we wonder how much a part that snazzy JACKET played in her desire to cheer). Anyway, this was the basketball cheer team, they practiced on Wednesdays and cheered home games.
I am ashamed to admit that prior to this past Tuesday night, I had only attended one of her games. Well, I knew there was a home game Tuesday, and I was PROBABLY going to go…then I get an email from my husband; Maeve called – it’s SENIOR NIGHT tonight!!! She didn’t really elaborate on what that was, but it involved parents. So, okay, I’m not a total a-hole stepmom, so I of course planned on attending. We get there, ALL the other (mostly basketball) parents know everyone on the court, in the stands, etc. Clearly they have been following their sons basketball careers for many years together. So yes, I feel as if we stuck out like sore thumbs. Well, we come to find out that on SENIOR NIGHT, before the game, each Senior cheerleader and player go to center court and the announcer calls out the parent’s name, at which point the parents ALSO go to center court where they receive a hug and a bouquet of flowers from their child and applause from the entire audience in gratitude for all their dedication and support all these years. They do this one by one mind you. All the other parents had tears in their eyes, the end of LONG road together, etc. To say I felt like a fraud would be an understatement.
To make it even worse, I immediately realized that this would be a good story, so at the end of the game I made it a point to get a picture of us all together just so that I could post it on the blog.
Ann modestly neglected to mention that immediately after receiving her carnations she launched into a triple back handstand across the parquet. Stunning!
ReplyDeleteI think that those are the same uniforms from 1979 but I wouldn't know for sure, me being a football cheerleader and all.
ReplyDeleteKudos, again, to the talented Maeve Norton.
Ann, I think that calling yourself a fraud is way too harsh, you're more of a phony.
Oh I jest...
It was a triple ROUND OFF back handSPRING Tom&, there is no such thing as a triple back handstand. And it was flawless, as the quiet awe of the crowd demonstrated - you could have heard a pin drop when I was finished.
ReplyDeleteAlso, could you PLEASE make it so your comments don't look like they are coming from me? that's just sad,
That said - thank you, fraud DOES indicate some level of illegal activity, while phony is more accurate, I'm just full of sh-----
I've kicked you off of my profile so we'll no longer be Tom & Ann. End of an era.
ReplyDeleteToo bad that you didn't go shitfaced - you and the crowd would all have enjoyed it more.
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