Today, I will be taking a look at the most majestic moments that I have experienced so far in my senior year. For a moment to be classified as majestic, it needs to have been semi-life-changing. Believe it or not, there have already been quite a few majestic experiences thus far. So, I will be detailing three of these experiences that altered the trajectory of my life. Without further ado, let’s get started.
The first majestic moment occurred at the beginning of the year during cross country. Typically, Fridays are days that we don’t run much because we race the following morning. I always took it upon myself to ensure that we had fun on Fridays following the hard week of running we endured. We have a tradition where every Friday, we cross the rocks across the Dover Park creek for good luck during our race. There were a plethora of times when it was raining which caused the rocks to be slippery. This particular rock crossing was quite wet and tragic. Poor Lyela Miller, she’s just a girl; It was her turn to cross. As she walked down the slope to step on the first rock, she lost her footing and slipped on the mud. She ka-thudded so hard on the ground. It was breathtaking. The horror doesn’t end there; right after Lyela went down, Anna O’Donnell followed. This moment forever changed the trajectory of my life because of the lesson I learned: No matter how unstoppable you may think you are, you are never above slipping on mud.
Another majestic Friday cross-country moment also involved Lyela Miller. We had successfully crossed the rocks that day, so afterward we decided to head up to Deis Hill and play on the playground. Someone proposed the great idea of playing freeze tag with the boundaries being the playground mulch. We began playing, and it was fun… it was preppy. But, tragedy was about to strike once more. I had become “it,” so I began freezing girls like it was nobody’s business. It got to the point where everyone had been frozen except for, you guessed it, Lyela. She knew that what she had to do was no easy task, but she set her heart on saving the frozen. I sprinted towards Lyela knowing that if I froze her, then I would be triumphant in my duties. She began to sprint as well, unfreezing Anna in the process. But my sights were set on freezing Lyela. We were approaching the game’s boundary line, so she knew she had to make a hard right turn. I was tailing behind her, sprinting at max speed as Lyela began to turn. The millisecond after the turn began, she began her plummet to the ground. She had been running so fast that her attempt to turn was declined due to the lack of grip the mulch provided. Lyela Miler fell so quickly that I was unable to slow myself down in time. I plowed over her. This experience reeks of majesty. My brain chemistry was truly altered from that point forward. I would also like to issue a thank you to Lyelington Miller for allowing me to share these majestic stories.
The last moment happened in the Target bathroom when a few friends and I decided that we needed to perform a concert before exiting the bathroom. We began to sing and dance to the song “Rollie.” It was quite beautiful because when we harmonized, it bounced off the walls, creating an echo. This performance lasted about a minute before a teenage girl walked in. The second she walked in, we turned into NPCs and walked out like we were innocent. I know for a fact she was fully aware of the performance that had been taking place, but she said nothing. She was there to do one thing, and she wasn’t letting our concert stop her. We walked out of that bathroom with a new outlook on life, one of sisterhood and confidence.
I hope you enjoyed reading about some of the many majestic moments that I’ve experienced this year. There have been many, and I hope there are more to come. I think that these kinds of experiences shape the person you are, and who you become. Emmy Daniel, a friend who I’ve shared many majestic moments with, said, “Majestic moments are why I wake up every day excited for what’s to come.” With all that, I am thankful for how these experiences have shaped my life.
