When you’re the coach’s kid, your wardrobe consists of two colors. School colors. You wear them proudly. When you’re the coach’s kid, and you get in trouble, you’re reminded to “be a team player!” When you get hurt, you walk it off. When you’ve done nothing but watch TV, eat frosting straight out of the … More When you’re the coach’s kid
Throughout Father’s Day, a scene from the movie Courageous kept playing through my head. It’s the part where one of the dads admits he thought he was doing good enough as a dad because he was doing better than his father, and he says, “I don’t want to just be good enough.” Have you ever … More Better than “Good Enough”
That’s what my boys call them- “Mommy’s Track Girls.” Sometimes opportunities arise just when they are needed, and sometimes the people you need are there at just the right time. As I type on the eve of the last day of the 2013 state meet and I look back on a season that saw only … More Mommy’s Track Girls
This past Saturday, 1/19/13, we celebrated the life of my dad. It was truly an amazing service. There were a thousand faces that came to say goodbye to him at his wake, and then a packed church on Saturday. What an incredible guy! I had said Dad always knew someone everywhere he went, but I … More An Unbelievable Friend
