# @beworthy on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdR_ut2xGsi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70698193-beworthy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c82de156dc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14T20:30:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Worthy de Jong (@beworthy) — https://gondola.cc/beworthy

## Caption

Today I got hit!

Recently, I would leave my mom’s house keys off my keychain, to prevent myself from going there on a whim.

I would drive by and not look back, just so I could dodge the feeling that the house that has been my home for 36 years would soon not be mine anymore.

But today, as I drove past it — September 14th, 2026 — it hit me hard.

After winning silver at the European Championships, I couldn’t stop thinking about texting my mom or going by to tell her about it.

Hearing her congratulate me, and soon after tell me to go rest. Because I do too much.

Ask me if I ate today.

Offer me some candy to take home because she won’t eat it anyway.

This past weekend, I felt a level of anxiety I hadn’t been familiar with for years. I couldn’t place it. Couldn’t calm it.

Until I got on the court during the semis.

And from that moment, it was gone.

This weekend reset me.

I started writing again. Creating space, to make room for new moments to find their place.

So just like that, tomorrow is here.

And we move on.

Mom, we got silver!

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Worthy de Jong | @beworthy | https://gondola.cc/beworthy | Athlete |

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