Some thoughts are just too heavy for the gym. Spent an hour after school re-taping the parallel bars. The rhythmic sound of the tape, the smell of chalk and sweat… it’s meditative. Reminds me of being a kid, fixing my bike with my dad in our cramped garage. He’d say, ‘Ronnie, you gotta care for the tools that carry you.’ He was talking about wrenches, but… yeah.

Meanwhile, I could hear Maddie’s squad practicing their new routine in the main hall. All that energy and sparkle. Couldn’t be more different worlds. Funny how life puts you in the same room with people you’d never choose, facing the same… complication.

Sometimes the fight isn’t about winning. It’s just about showing up and doing the work, even when no one’s watching. Especially then.

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