Your student athlete’s season is winding down. There is a light on the horizon. A beacon that promises normal dinners around the table instead of too many carbs stuffed in faces before, during, or after practices and games. You may, perchance, sit of an evening with a book, or peruse the on-demand list of TV… Continue Reading
Our energetic, devoted coach expected pride in everything the players do. I had planned to write a cynical post today complaining about the curse of sports banquets. Having just been to one that brought tears to my eyes, I didn’t have the heart for that…yet. Maybe I’ll be able to share those whining complaints next… Continue Reading
In a game as rough and tumble as football, it is surprising that there is etiquette both on and off the field. Here are some of the rules I’ve learned. You can crush me now, but if you hit me three seconds from now, after the whistle is blown, you’ll get thrown out of the… Continue Reading
Welcome to the Quarterly New Release Blog hop, only for books released in August, September or October of 2013. What a great way to find some new reading material and authors to feed your appetite for books! The Rafflecopter for the hop is at the bottom of this post! My new release is Little Witch:… Continue Reading
If you’ve been following my series of posts on Life Lessons from High School Football, you know that my husband and I are very committed to supporting our two boys in their athletic endeavors. (We are also quite “supportive” of their academic efforts, but no one wants to read blog posts about arguments over math… Continue Reading
Who would imagine that a cowbell could be illegal in one of the biggest dairy areas in Pennsylvania? Sad but true. According to the the rules of our state athletic association, spectators are not to bring noise-makers to high school games. I’ve owned a cowbell since our boys played midget football where cowbells, horns, and… Continue Reading
There’s an awesome line in the movie A League of Their Own where the coach insists “There’s no crying in baseball!” One would think there wouldn’t be crying in football either, but I’ve seen players and spectators cry, from the youngest ankle-biter game to the high school varsity level. This is not usually from injury, but most… Continue Reading
The exciting two-game winning streak has, alas, been broken. It was difficult as a parent to watch the loss of momentum for both the Jr. High and the Varsity teams last week, especially witnessing some of the players succumb to the “we are losers” attitude too early in the game. I know it’s easy for… Continue Reading
I seem to be on a roll of life lessons from football. Both our sons play. Last week the younger son, a freshman, had his first game with his junior high team comprised of grades 7-9. Obviously the object in football is to score by getting the ball across the goal line. To do that,… Continue Reading
(If you haven’t read last week’s blog entry, Filling The Gaps, it might be a worthwhile prologue to this one. I’ve linked this entry at the end of that so you can easily find your way back.) Our son in motion. Even though the photograph is an overall disaster, I like how he is looking… Continue Reading
