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soccer
This isn’t intended to be a gripe session. We know we have made our bed and we are happy to lie in it. This is, as much of this blog is, simply a sharing of our experience in case it… Continue Reading →
I write a lot about kids sports. Perhaps it is because we spend a lot of our non-work, waking hours with games, practices, clinics and all other manner of supporting our kids’ athletic endeavours. I am not complaining, I love… Continue Reading →
Twenty years ago I took a sales job and my boss told me I needed to learn how to play golf. He even went so far as to sponsor a golf membership at a local course (not a country club… Continue Reading →
With the beginning of the school year has come fall sports tryouts. We aren’t very good at staying uninvolved or uncaring around tryouts. We get a little too emotionally attached to what our kids want. I admit it- guilty as… Continue Reading →
We aren’t fools. We realize there will be many moments where we get the cold shoulder. Where the boys are not into hanging out with their old, stupid parents. We know the day will come where they want their independence… Continue Reading →
It is always nice to have affirmation that you are doing something right as a parent. As my youngest son has progressed through youth soccer we have always been careful to be positive but not to over do the praise…. Continue Reading →
For several years a Thanksgiving weekend tradition has been a big bonfire at my in-laws. Living out in the country they pile up branches and cut trees as well as scrap wood and who knows what else throughout the year…. Continue Reading →
Recently our youngest went off to an overnight soccer camp. He roomed with one of his friends, who is also on his travel team, and we sent them off in good spirits (always good to have a buddy around). We… Continue Reading →
Friday I was in a great mood. I could hardly wipe the smile off my face. Hardly anything could bring me down. The reason: my youngest made the team. He had a tryout with a new Travel soccer team and… Continue Reading →
Many years ago I was introduced to the statement “If you can’t be professional, at least look professional.” It was made by my boss and became his slogan to explain why even though we were IT professionals, when working on… Continue Reading →