***
My body flipping around the bar faster and faster in a kovac, …show more content…
We then headed out to the arena and one by one were called off by the CEO of USA Gymnastics to run up onto the floor exercise. Standing on the floor with the rest of the olympic team, I found my parents in the crowd. My mom with tears in her eyes - not much of a surprise since she can be very emotional when it comes to these kinds of things - and to my surprise, my dad with tears in his eyes too. Seeing tears in my dad's eyes, in the eyes of a complete non-emotional person, it made me realize just how grateful I should be for getting the opportunity to compete in the olympics. Even more tears came to my eyes when I saw all the red, white, and blue confetti and balloons come down. This was definitely a dream come