The winter Olympics have started and we have been cheering on our USA athletes each night as we sit down, relax and watch them compete. The start of the Olympics and the backstories of the athletes have really got my mind turning back in time to when I was an athlete, competing to be the best, and striving to win the gold. I wanted to succeed in college athletics, qualify to go to the Olympics and hopefully win. Was it realistic? I don't know, but I like to think I had a fighting chance of at least qualifying.
It is what happened? No. I had a career ending injury, I tore my Achilles tendon, then I got married and started a family. Would I change it if I could? No. Even though I have thought about what I could have done and who I could have been I wouldn't change my life for anything. I still like track, I still talk about it and try to be involved in it, but I LOVE being a wife and a mom more than I can describe.
Sure, a gold medal would have been cool to hang for everyone to see, but instead I get to hang pictures of my family, my wedding day and my son. For me, that is much more worthwhile than any kind of medal. So if I could change it... I wouldn't.
