I would like to congradulate all the girl wrestlers that went to Detroit whether you placed or not. It takes guts to get out there and participate. It also takes Dedication, commitment to strive for your dreams. It is not an easy task to go out there and give it your all. You get to win and you also get defeat. You learn to respect your bodies and know its needs. You have to prep your minds and prepare yourself for the outcome and be a good sport when its killing you inside when you lose and you've given it all you have to give. It is not easy for a girls we are emotional we cry, we sometime even need to be alone to contain our emotions when others want to surround you. Sometimes it is better to walk and get our composer together and then go back and talk with coach, but as long as we remember our good sportsmanship when we are leaving the mat and shake hands and congradulate our opponents. I have been the mother of a wrestler for about 11 years now. I have seen my daughter grow up wrestling all her childhood life. I do not have to ask her if she hurts or how she feels or what she needs anymore she knows her body very well she wraps herself and takes care of her wounds and when I go to remind her to do something, she tells me I know mom I'm already working on it and I will walk to where she is and she does she is taking care of her body. We all want the best for our girls and we all want them to be winners with stong minds but lets all try and remember they are still girls. Somebodies little pumkin. Not all parents get to attend these big meets sometimes all we can do is send our child with others. Some times pressures run high and it looks hopefull then the big lose comes. Lets all try to remember that it is really the lose of that young lady, that girl who just lost. The person who gave it all she had, the girl that went to all those practices with the boys or girls and worked her body till it was as sore as could be. That girl who lost all that weigh worked all those pounds off went to the gym by herself and gave it all she had. My daughter always travels alone or travels with her loving coach that is like family we fight we laugh we struggle threw our relationship A week or so ago my husband and I took her to a tournament and we had to introduce ourselves as the real parents. Our daughter works very hard every day, I worry alot about her due to how hard she pushes herself. She strives to be the best and I am very proud of her. I am proud of her accomplishments and I am proud of her faults due to she keeps striving to better herself. I would like to Thank You All for helping her acheive. She is a girl wrestler. She has never had a coach tell her she could not accomplish her dream all her Coaches have always encouraged her to be her best. Thank you Bob and Jeanie Dey you are the Best people that Beth has ever encountered in her life. you have been there threw thick and thin with Beth, you have been there threw puberty you have been there threw every move Beth has ever made good or bad. Without you she would not have accomplished the things she has accomplished.You are her parents as well as we are. Thankyou Garden City Coaches all of you there are so many of you that have always welcomed Beth on the mat at any time she walked in the door, you never turned her away and always pushed her past what she thought she could do. You all have helped Beth Achieve her best. Thank you all Bethie's mom
