I thought about making this post's title having something to do with the word "gold" in it at first, but I stopped myself, because even though yes, she got her medals, and that included the team redemption gold, it's a lot more about that.
Before this year, she didn't know if she could come back from kidney disease--make a team and go to the Olympics.
But she made it.
She did it.
During the trials, in the face of injury, she stuck what she needed.
She landed without faults.
I think if anything, under all that pressure, because everyone is there to watch and it's a mad house, that's all that really matters in so many ways--
That you get that chance. Win or lose.
That's what I celebrate the most.
