Monday, December 18, 2006
My Little Gymnast
One of the things I am most grateful with having Mary Esther as my daughter is that she loves gymnastics. If she had her way, she would go to gymnastcis everyday--- actually, when I first enrolled her in the classes, she wanted to LIVE in the gym.
I was twelve when I saw Nadia Comaneci on TV during the Montreal Summer Olympics. I so wanted to be a gymnast. But in the Philippines, one do not have the opportunity. You're lucky to have an outdoor volleyball court and a field of grass in school, let alone a gym and gym teacher with knowledge of gymnastics. What I remember of PE classes? --- calisthenics (mostly arm exercises - circles, lifting them forward, up over your head, across, then you have waist bends, squats, jumping jacks), jump rope, some form of dodgeball, kickball and playing tag in the schoolyard.
I hoped and prayed that my daughter would want to be a gymnast. I would not want to push my kid into a sport or activity that they do not enjoy themselves.
Seeing Mary Esther doing her "freeze and stick" just about put tears in my eyes. I am so proud.
One of the things I am most grateful with having Mary Esther as my daughter is that she loves gymnastics. If she had her way, she would go to gymnastcis everyday--- actually, when I first enrolled her in the classes, she wanted to LIVE in the gym.
I was twelve when I saw Nadia Comaneci on TV during the Montreal Summer Olympics. I so wanted to be a gymnast. But in the Philippines, one do not have the opportunity. You're lucky to have an outdoor volleyball court and a field of grass in school, let alone a gym and gym teacher with knowledge of gymnastics. What I remember of PE classes? --- calisthenics (mostly arm exercises - circles, lifting them forward, up over your head, across, then you have waist bends, squats, jumping jacks), jump rope, some form of dodgeball, kickball and playing tag in the schoolyard.
I hoped and prayed that my daughter would want to be a gymnast. I would not want to push my kid into a sport or activity that they do not enjoy themselves.
Seeing Mary Esther doing her "freeze and stick" just about put tears in my eyes. I am so proud.
