About Me

I’ve been a cheer mom to my daughter Abby for 8 years. By the time Abby was seven years old, she had already tried t-ball, soccer, horseback riding, and swimming. Still, she begged me to take her to the local gymnastics place every time we drove by. I finally gave in and signed her up for a tumbling class once a week, just to see how it went. I will never, ever forget her first day: I had just gotten off work, and my husband was out of town. I rushed to pick her up, exhausted and overwhelmed with everything I still needed to get done that day. I got Abby settled in the gym, and then I watched through the viewing area. What I saw next shocked and inspired me. My shy, quiet, reserved, introverted kid was all lit up and the most confident I had ever seen her. She didn’t care who was watching, what she was doing, or how well she did it. She was out on the mat doing her best forward rolls and cartwheels like she’d been doing it her whole life. I immediately called my husband and said, “This is it. This is what she’s supposed to be doing.” It took a little while to get fully into competitive cheerleading, but looking back, that’s the moment we went all in. When she started seriously competing, I felt like I had stepped into a bubble and started drinking from a fire hose. Cheer is its own world, and it can be tough for a mom to find her place in it – especially for an introvert like me! I’ve felt lost, insecure, exhausted, and overwhelmed over cheerleading. Sometimes I’ve had all of those feelings in one day. This sport comes with many highs and lows, and I want you to feel supported, encouraged, and informed from a mom’s perspective. We all deserve to feel like we’re not alone, right?