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Women's Soccer Blog: Carolyn Ford
10/28/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
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Senior Carolyn Ford Talks About Senior Night Approaching
What's it like to be a senior? When you're a DWS senior you know the tendencies and idiosyncrasies of all of your classmates. Kate's voice is no longer too loud for my ears, in public or private. Shelly's impressions will make me laugh forever. I have learned to recognize Carmen's ?I am up to something' face and I know to stay away (because I am a very likely target). Alexis' smile is dependable and wonderful when I have told a joke no one else gets. Heidi's voice and presence is calming next to me, on or off the field. And Carly's unadulterated passion and zeal is priceless.
When you're a DWS senior people say really nice things about you on senior night. When you're a DWS senior you get to walk out onto the field with your parents at the last home game of the year. When you're a DWS senior you get to go first in line and sit wherever you want on vans and buses. When you're a DWS senior your younger teammates look up to you, but they don't know that you look up to them and respect them just as much. They don't know that you would give anything for one more opportunity to play with them at home, for one more opportunity to lead them to a victory, for one more chance to score that goal.
I can't stop crying. I don't want to leave this team. I have never felt so close to a group of girls. On Thursday at our senior dinner, I was not upset because of fear of moving on into the “real world” or sadness for myself. I was upset because I fear that I have not taken advantage of the time I have spent with our team. I fear that I am going to realize I had so many wonderful women right in front of me that I did not get to know well enough. I fear that I did not verbalize my admiration and respect towards these girls enough. I am sad that I won't be surrounded by their kindness, love, competitiveness and even bickering next semester. You know its love when you can't imagine living without the negative stuff.
However, worrying about the future only takes away from the right here, right now, and we have a HUGE present moment to live. We need to focus on the right here, right now. We need to take advantage of the team we have this season, and the love that connects ever member. We are not going to remember how we do on tests or papers in 10 years ... we are going to remember the games we played, and how long into the postseason we played. I am confident when I say that this group of women will do anything we can to earn the opportunity to play with each other one more time. After Friday, they are all elimination games and the right here, right now is in our hands.
DWS LOVE,
Carolyn Ford
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