YOU GUYS. The last member of MY Fierce Five is a senior. Harrison. He's the owners' son and one of my closest friends I had on my team. He's like a little brother to me, and I have spent the entire year cheering him on and watching him do AMAZING THINGS. He's headed to Worlds for his final performance, and then going to try out for Cheerleading at the University of Kentucky. I can't even tell you how proud I am of him. The end of the year banquet was this week, and I wrote him a little note. It's really cheesy, but it brought tears to his eyes (which I am pretty pleased with. the fact that i can make a dude cry lolz.). So I figured I'd share it with you. Here's to H, and all of the awesome things that are coming up in his future.
Harrison! I like the
Cubs!
I'm never a serious person, but
this is probably going to be pretty cheesy. DEAL WITH
IT. Don't make fun of me. I'll end you.
Here you sit. The
night of the KC Cheer end of the year banquet as a graduating senior. Did you
ever think you'd make it to this point? I'll tell you right now I can't believe
you're already here. I can remember VIVIDLY the little grumpy kid
standing in the middle of the mach 3 mini's dance with his arms crossed around
his chest REFUSING to smile. The kid with a bunch of girls dancing around him
as he rolled his eyes and wished he was dead in the Candy Man dance. The kid
who didn't realize it at first, but now laughs with me at the fact that I
always giggled at the "Do It to me right now" dance that you did when
you were on Junior coed and I was a senior.
I guess I was kind of the leader of Fierce 5. I was always the
one giving the motivational speeches and trying to get everyone to be as
passionate as I was about our team. I have been part of a lot of different
groups throughout high school and college, and I have never loved a group or
been prouder to call myself a part of a group as I have been about Fierce Five.
I loved every second of my time on Fierce 5 and the choice to Super Senior was
easily one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I felt like Fierce Five needed
me, and I was scared if I left people would lose the passion. I want nothing
more than to see Fierce Five be successful, and the thought of the team
dissolving or losing its drive broke my heart. Who would be the leader when I
left? Who would motivate everybody? I guess that’s besides the point. There are
a lot of reasons I’m glad I chose to do one last year, but above all I’m most
thankful that it allowed me to be on a team with you.
I remember the first
day of Worlds practices, aka your first Worlds practice ever. You seemed so
excited to work hard and were just as hell bent on kicking ass as I was.
I knew right then that Fierce Five would be in good hands even after I
left. (I’m sure it always would be, I’m just a control freak.. you eased my
nerves about it)
Now it brings me such
joy to see what a name Fierce Five has and how AMAZING the team has become. I
truly think that that is in large part to you. You are an amazing leader and
teammate and it blows me away how much everyone respects you and looks up to
you as the leader of this amazing team. Even the little kids who are on other teams in the gym look at you with big bug eyes while you help them get better or
wish them luck on their performances. THEY LOVE YOU. And I think that is so
cool. You have truly achieved MY dream of being the leader of a team of
extremely passionate individuals that have a chance to do EXTREMELY WELL at Worlds. Normally id be really jealous of anyone who was given this opportunity
(klew’s world, everyone else is just livin in it duh), but since it's you that
gets to experience it I am nothing but overwhelmingly proud. I think you
deserve every single shining moment you receive, plus thousands more.
One of
the most special moments of my entire cheerleading career is when you came and
gave me and RABE a huge hug after you won your paid bid to worlds. I'm sure the
entire thing was a blur to you, and I’m sure klew and rabe were the LEAST of
your worries at that point, but the first thing that came out of your mouth to
us was "thank you. I wouldn’t still be here if it wasn’t for you guys"
...My heart is full Harrison. It’s full. I have never been so stoked for a
person and I am so glad I was able to watch that happen. I get tears in my eyes
every time I watch fierce 5 perform because 1. I cry at everything, 2. You guys are fkn awesome, and 3.
It's so cool to watch you and how far you've come as an athlete and a
performer. I LOVE that I have the ability to call myself your teammate.
So now you have one
final job to do. Go out there and give the performance of a lifetime at worlds
2014. Everything's perfectly set up for you to do so well, you just have to
keep working hard and KICK SO MUCH ASS. Enjoy every second on the floor. Take a
moment to stop and breathe and take it in. The fact that you're at worlds. That
you made it. That you worked your ass off and now you are in this beautiful
place with these amazing teammates doing what you love. That’s such a special
dream come true, and it’s really rare that you come across moments that special
in your life, so please enjoy it no matter what.
No matter what
happens, just know that I am SO INCREDIBLY PROUD to call you my teammate And my
second little brother. Also ill be right there with you in a week cheering you
on, as always.
Love you very much
you betch. Welcome to the fierce five alumni club!
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