Jamie’s got new dreams he’s building upon is a stanza from the song “I’m still hurting” from the Broadway play The Last 5 Years. It’s a simple stanza about moving on or moving forward. I don’t know who Jamie is or what he was moving on from but I’ve internalized this simple statement.

In the spirit of it’s simplicity, I want to retroactively share that on October 19, 2019, the James Jones Gymnastics Academy opened with no ribbon cutting and no fanfare. Just me and my boys.

The whispered conversations in overcrowded hallways turned into action. We moved into that cheerleading gym, South Clayton Stealth, and we have been flipping out ever since.

Now every Saturday morning, I can feel the early morning madness and  magic in the making. At times, I feel I’ve waited too late to start this new path. But when I see my boys take flight, I’m spell bound by the fairy-tale adventure in this ever-spinning playground, and the possibility that among them is an Olympic champion. The dreams of a ten year old me merge with their reality and we are young together, chasing the gold.

Now, I find myself having more whispered conversations in overcrowded hallways about the boys in the gym. They are a constant joy, and I tell anyone who asks “Please don’t ask me about my boys, because if you do I will not stop talking about them.” When it comes to the boys I have so much to say not just today but always.

And I can’t wait until we grow. Until we debut on this junior olympic track. Until we make the Future Stars team. Until we make the National team. Then onto the Olympics. I told you before, this time will be bigger and brighter than we knew it. So watch us fly, you all know we can do it.

The new dream Jamie is building upon? I’d love to put a boy on the 2032 Olympic gymnastics team. I’ll be on this journey for a while. The boys are little, the Olympics are far away. Very far away. The goal is as far fetched as it sounds but worth pursuing. Only a hand full of boys make it to the Olympics, but a coach can dream, can’t he? I think I have an all-around champion in the gym already, and a possible on the way. So, the dream is promising. 

In the meantime, we’ll have early morning madness. We’ll have magic in the making.

As for this blog? So many people have told that they enjoy reading this webpage. I’m not sure what it will become since I am no longer building a practice. I doubt I will detail the progress of the gym here, as I have a website, Facebook, page, and Instagram page for that. So, this might be goodbye. But I’ll leave it up for now so you won’t miss me immediately. Then, after a while, I’ll tip toe away so you won’t have to say you heard me leave.

This concludes my business, may I be excused?

James Jones Esq.