Dad is always asking me to show him my latest new trick in gymnastic. He always enjoys watching... (Or at least he pretends that he does.) His interest makes me want to work harder and learn something new. (Though Mom would rather have me working on clogging instead, I am pretty sure that whenever Mom watches me do something new in gymnastics she just thinks, "With the time she put into learning that trick she could have learned two new clogging steps." I still love you Mom.) Dad's words of encouragement have made a big difference to me, not just in gymnastics but in everything I do.
-Courtney
