My son started his second season of playing football yesterday. This year, he gets to play with kids his own age, and close to his own size. I worried about him last year, as a small 6 year old playing with some good sized 6 and 7 year old's he struggled at first, but thanks to some great coaches who took the time to work with him he started getting the hang of things. This year, he gets to play in a 7 year old only league, and he isn't as mismatched as far as size. His first practice, he seemed like he was really enjoying himself, and knew what he was doing. As always, I was proud of my son.
My youngest daughter can't decide what she wants to do. At first, she wanted to play fall softball, but that cost a lot more money than we had to spend. She then decided to cheer, then to not do anything. Now she has decided maybe she wants to play soccer again. The soccer will be a challenge, with me trying to be in two places at once with a football player and a soccer player. If that's what she decides, I will do my best to make a way.
My oldest is now a freshman in high school. She will be in her second year marching with the high school band. I listen to her practice her clarinet, and am amazed at how much she has improved. She played soccer for many years, until it started interfering with band, then she gave soccer up. She was an incredible defensive player, and the one game she got to play forward she scored two goals in a 2-0 win. Her ability on defense normally kept her on that side of the field though. Now band is her thing. She takes after her Daddy with that. I only hope she can take her musicianship and parlay that into a music scholarship. Her grades are good, and she can write her own ticket when she gets ready to go to college.
We have that conversation often, about grades, college, scholarships. I had the opportunity to go to college, and graduated. Unfortunately some questionable choices on my part, and being completely burned out when I got out of college led me to waste my opportunity. I will not let up on reminding her about her ability to change her circumstances, and to do better than her Daddy did.
I often think about choices I made, and would I change anything. I am not going to lie, sometimes when I get up to go to work, with bills piling up, I think maybe I would change things if I could. Then I look at my family, I would not change a thing if it meant any chance of them not being in my life. I firmly believe that I have been blessed, no matter what the circumstances in my life at any time. I will take my family over a new house, a new car, or anything like that any day.
Finally, A friend of mine lost his wife yesterday. She was 40 years old. Always, always, always take the time to let the people in your life know just how much you love them every chance you get. You never know when you will not have that chance again.
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