Cheerleader Tryouts Reflection

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In March of 2015, an important event was scheduled in my calendar under the title “Varsity Cheerleader Tryouts.” I had been a cheerleader competitively up until that point, and I was planning on concluding that piece of my life after the season ended. Though I had been a school cheerleader for two years already, I was anxious about the tryouts. If I didn’t make the varsity cheer squad, cheerleading would have had no part in my life for the next year. I could not tolerate the thought of having such a gap in my daily activities. As the week unfolded, I braced myself for some of the toughest days of my life. All of my preparation through the years would be tested on a single Thursday night. After the clinic of tryout material on that Monday night,

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