The Greatest Tournament on Earth!

Apparently there is a pretty big tournament going on in Vancouver right now. I certainly hope that you have allowed yourselves a few well-spent minutes to watch the amazing events taking place at the Olympics.

Every moment that I have had some spare time over the past couple of days have been consumed by watching the Olympics. I absolutely love them. I think they are brilliant. I love watching the best of the best in the entire world come together and compete at their highest potential so that they may stand at the top of podium and represent their country well. I know that for me I have never been more proud in my entire life to be a Canadian than when I see Alexander Bilodeau, Maelle Ricker, Christine Nesbitt, Jon Montgomery, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Ashley McIvor, Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse stand atop the podium in Vancouver to thousands upon thousands of fellow Canadians belting out loud our national anthem.

There is something powerful when you stop to think that these athletes have trained daily for the last four years just to have the opportunity to win an Olympic gold. They have put all of their time, energy, money and resources into their respective athletic events so that they may come out victorious. These athletes are incredibly driven. They are very intentional. They are disciplined. They do not let past failures, injuries or mistakes define their athletic career, they push on past all the odds so that they may win. And it all comes down to a few moments, a few moments where they represent our nation to the world. There’s something powerful there and that is one reason why I absolutely love the Olympics!

And what an ABSOLUTELY PERFECT ending to the Olympics! When Kid Canada (Sidney Crosby) scored that final goal I went absolutely crazy! I was at Ambrose watching the game in the main auditorium with about fifty other people, and we all went absolutely nuts! We were running around in circles, jumping up and down and hugging, it was such a fantastic moment! And to think that celebrations like that were taking place all across Canada was a pretty cool thing. It was amazing to see the Olympics bring our great country together with a great sense of pride! Not to mention we set a record for most golds… Pretty fantastic! Oh yes, I love Olympics!