Reclaiming My Gymnastic Dream

Summary

My husband hid the Senator's invitation to the National Gymnastics Trials from me for forty years.

On the day of his funeral, my son was going through his old belongings.

He found a photo of me as a young gymnast, tucked away with an invitation to the very first National Championship.

"Mom, the Senator invited you to compete when you were young. Why didn't you go?"

"If you had gone, you would have been the one on TV with Dad. Sienna wouldn't have even been in the picture."

The invitation wa