Wednesday, March 2, 2011

"Forever young"-Alphaville

  It was like a movie. The clock was stopped at 10.0 the score was 41 to 44 in our favor and The Kory Koerperich was at the free throw line. I realized we had it! In time the game was over. WE WON!! The team was celebrating on the court, each cutting off a piece of the net. Tears streamed down everyone's face. Then as I watched Kory as his dad hugged him, it truly was the hug the world could feel. That is when I realized these are the moments we live for. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING could have brought me down at this moment. The crowd was screaming through the halls. Never had I felt so much Holbrook pride. My dad picked me up and shouted your a champion! I can still feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I have never been so speechless in my life.
  My family went to dinner and after, my brother in-law and I were driving home. All I could do was smile and nod. Then my brother in-law said something that hit me, "I still remember when I was getting ready for my state game and just like that, I am here." Right then my life came into perspective. I knew that I couldn't stay here in this moment forever. No later than a minute this song played.

"Forever young, i want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever forever
Forever young, i want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever
Forever young"


  I know I can't be seventeen forever. Soon I will be all wrinkled up sitting in my rocking chair looking back at all the "good times". And that game will always be as clear as day. When I look back on all my trials and hardships, it's moments like those that make it 100% worth it. So I want to say thank you.
  Thank you to the Team. Thank you to Coach Mendosa and Delmar. Thank you Dr. Koerperich. Thank you fans, refs, announcers. Thank you Fountain Hills and your height! Thank you family and friends. Thank you God, thank you for creating the perfect moment to keep me Forever Young.

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  1. Kory KoerperichMarch 7, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Aw, but you can be forever young! I plan on feeling eighteen as I sit in the old folks home. . .
    I do agree that these are the things that we live for though, and that things like this bring happiness to our lives that can never be taken away. Physical things can always be broken, torn, and ruined. But a memory, now that can never be stripped from you. Happiness is a mental state, and I like to think whenever I get down(I'm bound to come off this high sometime) I'll be able to think back to February 26, 2011, and have a big smile on my face =)

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  2. AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    Chelsea, of course you can be forever young, well in your spirit and soul but pfft our outside covering AKA our body will atrophy and get all ewwie and wrinkly buhh you still have everything else to keep you forever young. :)

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