To do it in only three seasons was a goal of mine. In the beginning I was confident it would come, that I?d get it. But it?s just another step in my career.

Summer rushes in on the heels of spring, eager to take her turn; and then she dances with wild abandon. But the time soon comes when she gratefully falls, exhausted and sated, into the auburn arms of autumn.

Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.

We have reached the point of saturation — a vicious revolving door of never-ending seasons. Children can't even take a couple of months' hiatus from a sport for fear of falling behind their peers and being excluded from teams the following seasons. Those elite teams, all those trophies — that's what the parents want.

We have reached the point of saturation - a vicious revolving door of never-ending seasons. Children can't even take a couple of months' hiatus from a sport for fear of falling behind their peers and being excluded from teams the following seasons. Those elite teams, all those trophies - that's what the parents want.

Last year was the end of an era and this year is the beginning of a new era. This is just the way it is now.