End of summer
Well, after a verrrry long hiatus, SportsMomz is back.
The hiatus from soccer was not nearly as long as the hiatus from the blog, but…that’s summer for you. Sometimes when we have less to do, we get lazy. Have you noticed? There was also the problem of having no internet for a few days after a too-close lighting strike, being on vacation, and some other really good excuses, but enough of that whining.
The fall sports season has started, and there’s no time for whining or being lazy now. We have only two children, but somehow we have 7 practices and 3 games per week. That’s because our daughter made the school soccer team – yea!! And both she and her brother are playing on competitive club teams. Our schedule looks like a piece of cake, though, compared to some of our friends. One family we know has four kids – one is on a recreational soccer team (just one because she’s only 5), two are on competitive club soccer teams (different teams) as well as the school team (same team), and the fourth child opted out of soccer this fall, but is playing both football and is in a fall baseball league. Just thinking about how many practices and games they have in week is making my brain overheat. And yet, would we, or they, have it any other way? No! The sense of fun, hard work and community we get out of these activities makes it so worthwhile.
Speaking of community, we are so grateful to have great friends on all their teams and the parents truly do make it a team effort to get all kids to practices and games. We almost always have an extra kid or two in our cars, and we often rely on other parents to drop off, or pick up for us when we can’t be in two places at one time (one does still have to work, after all!) Thank you to our fellow parents who we could not live without — you know who you are! We can only hope we help you as much as you help us.
Let’s hear it for the upcoming season, and best wishes to all of our athletes!
