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| Sydney is second from the left on the back row. |
Last Spring, Sydney attended the first day of cheer clinics for Woods Cross High school. She was nervous about trying out for the cheer team. We listened carefully during the meeting to the coach explain the requirements for trying out and looked around at all the girls who were also there to try out for the team. Included in this group were four of Sydney's dear friends from her Jr. High cheer team. They were all nervous about the upcoming week and learning the tryout routines, cheers and performing their tumbling passes for the judges.
After the meeting we were walking out of the gym and when we got to the stairs, I noticed several pennies on the ground. I pointed them out to Sydney and her friend Gabby and told the story of Mason and I finding the first penny. I explained about expecting miracles in life and how when we find a penny on the ground, we know it is going to be a miracle day. Sydney and Gabby excitedly picked up the pennies and I told them the pennies represented their personal cheer miracles.
The next day they went to the cheer clinic to work on learning the dance, cheers and jumps. There were not as many girls at the clinic as there were on the first day. Sydney was stressed and so were her friends. They had a mock try out and Sydney felt her tumbling pass was not as strong as she had hoped. After the mock tryout, the coach talked to one girl who left and had the remaining girls line up and told them they all made the team. Apparently since she made the requirements so hard, including a standing back tuck, and a layout to make the team, many of the girls dropped out. The coach told the remaining 20 girls she wanted them on the team. So they did not have to go home and practice and stress for two more days until tryouts.
Sydney got a ride home and rang the doorbell when she got home. I opened the door and she jumped into my arms with her legs around my waist. "What are you doing? I asked, she told me, "I made the Woods Cross cheer team!!!" I was so confused until she explained what had happened at the clinic that afternoon. She was exuberant with joy and relief and told me her four friends also made the team.
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| Jr High team at their final performance. Four of the five girls, Em, Ani, Sydney, Gabby who made the High School team. |
I had promised if she and Gabby made the team, I would take them to "Best Burger" a local burger joint to celebrate. Neither of them had ever eaten there and we drive by it all the time. The girls asked if I would also eat a burger with them and if they could pick out my burger for me. They teased me about picking out the most unhealthy burger on the menu for me. I agreed to their conditions.
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| Sydney and Miranda |
So the next day I took them to "Best Burger" during their school lunch time. We invited the other mothers of Sydney's friends who also made the team. While we were eating our fully loaded bacon cheeseburgers, fries and chocolate shakes, I reminded Sydney and Gabby of the pennies they found the day before and then what happened the very next day when they made the team without having to go through two more days of practicing and stress before the actual tryout. I told them they had seen the hand of God in their lives. They were so happy, wow! Then Tani Anderson, one of the other mothers asked them how many pennies they had found. They had found five pennies! Tani pointed out to them that all five girls from South Davis made the high-school cheer team. The girls were amazed! It was sweet to see them recognize God's hand in their lives.
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| High School Football game-Sydney is the middle flyer |
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