Maine to Ohio

    Recently, I moved to Ohio from Maine for college. over the time I spent packing I felt overwhelmed with a lot of emotion. happy, sad, hopeful, nervous, all of the above. I mostly felt the joy because I would finally get some freedom. At the same time, I was nervous about being so far from my family for so long. I was excited to meet a lot of new people. I found the school through wrestling I got recruited early in my senior year, however now I'm on the non-contact list which means I can't wrestle for 2 weeks due to lingering symptoms of a concussion in February 2024. wrestling has always been a part of my life since I was 3, I've been on a wrestling mat, getting this news really stung. I love the feeling of a hard practice followed by walking out of the gym and feeling really hot to really cold in an instant. I was also asked why I wrestled. being asked this question really made me step back and think. "Why do I wrestle?" the easy answer would be to reply with a simple it's just what I've always done it, and I don't know any different. but I really thought about this question I went back to COVID times during that time I was in a really dark time in my life. My mental state was not very good which led me to a really unhealthy state with my nutrition. I would go for days without eating and I was super skinny,