[FRC Blog] Missing You

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Posted on the FRC Blog, 4/22/2020: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/blog/2020-missing-you

Missing You

2020 APR 22 | Written by Frank Merrick.

Empty bleachers FIRST Robotics Competition

I’m feeling it, and I’ll bet many of you are feeling it too.

I miss seeing the FIRST community. Well, not so much the FIRST ‘community,’ as in some big group, but the beautiful people that make up that group. And I’m especially feeling it now, around FIRST Championship time.

I miss seeing your faces and sensing your energy. I miss sharing with you the emotional ups and downs of events. And I miss your completely genuine, unrehearsed responses to those ups and downs.

I have known some of you for years, and you are good friends. I love being at an event and unexpectedly seeing you pop around a corner. I instantly smile, and it always brings out a ‘Hey!!!’ and a handshake or a hug, and maybe a brief catching-up.

For many of you, I know your faces but not your names. But it doesn’t matter much. I still enjoy seeing you.

Even if I have never met you before, you lift me from the mundane. There’s something magical about being around the energy of a team working on their robot or getting ready to go into the Chairman’s Award interview room. It’s precious and irreplaceable.

So, I miss, I miss, I miss, and it hurts.

But this I know – we’ll be back together again eventually, and all this missing will make the reunion that much sweeter. Until then, take care and be well! I can’t wait to see all of you again soon!

Frank

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I’m not crying, you’re crying.

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How did you know?

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Call it a lucky guess

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I said the exact same thing when I read it.

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Well now I am now depressed

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It’s times like this that reminds me of how thankful I am for all ya’ll. Thank you, whoever you may be, for being part of this community.

If you’re thankful too, post below. Let’s fill this thread with happiness and stories.

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FRC has given me a home and a passion. Thank you to those who make FIRST what it is.

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Gladly. This is my rookie year, and I am already completely in love with this community. Every one of you has made me feel like I belong. I am truly overjoyed every time I walk into our shop. I have made memories, gained confidence, and I know we’ll all pull through together.

To this beautiful group of people I am so fortunate to have stumbled upon, thank you.

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But you know what I miss more than Infinite Recharge?

A WATER GAME!

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I miss my old life, I can’t wait to hear the news that this pandemic is over. Stay safe for now everyone.

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