# @thehiddenopponent on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C2LqKFQMXJN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21563791-thehiddenopponent-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-17T01:00:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Hidden Opponent ©️ (@thehiddenopponent) — https://gondola.cc/thehiddenopponent

## Caption

“I’ve asked, over and over, why you chose our road. Our determined, dream-filled daughter. Why her? Why us? And I’ll never know why. But I have to put it in park with why. After fifteen years of chasing an open road of a dream, six years of dodging you. She reached the cross road. Graduated from this gradient. And she has the right away. The green light to go. To travel that different road now. To merge into a lane of life where it’s not as congested, where she can find more rest stops for her anxious heart.

No worries, Anxiety. She can try to bypass the reckless and rude likes of you, but you will always remain a passenger. We know. And we finally accept your backseat driving. We acknowledge your presence, as we sing our song of salvation to others along our way. And we thank you for forging her a path of purpose through the pain. May we heal hearts with hope along our highway. All because of you.”

On the blog now is “A Former Athlete’s Mother’s Letter to Anxiety” by Denna Ochs. Read at the link in bio 💚🙌

#thehiddenopponent #formerathlete #athlete #athletementalhealth #athletemindset #softball #ncaa #athletemom #collegesports

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ncaa, athletementalhealth, athletemom, formerathlete, softball, collegesports, athletemindset, athlete, thehiddenopponent

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