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Yes it does.Sorry for being nosy, but the term quitting seems more final to you as opposed to retirement...Wow! I hate to say it, when my daughter quit gymnastics - I called it 'quitting,' because this word seems to be less final than retirement... Quitting to me equate the possibility of a Comeback,,, whereas, Retirement equates being put out to pasture,,,Que Sera, Sera... Adios, Goodbye! lol (just saying!!!)
Retirements are something we generally celebrate. The end of a worthwhile endeavor having run it's course and now moving onto other things.
Rather than "quitting" which, to me, just makes you a quitter.
With where my cp14 was, coming back wasn't an option anyway. She was done forever. Hated cheer, hated practice, hated everything about it. Burned out, argued fought us tooth and nail just to finish the season. So in my mind, since she was done forever and throwing away the amazing talent she had, my heart would rather have called her retired than called her a quitter.
Gratefully the love of some very special people have seemingly brought her back from the precipice and given me some hope that my kid is coming back to me. I've missed her.