Chelsey Edens, Author at Friday Night Wives

Dear Former Players, Send the Invite

When you graduate college—send us that announcement so we can send a gift. When you get married—send us an invitation so we can be right behind your Momma, crying with her when we see your face light up as you see your bride walk down the aisle.

Family, Journal, Marriage

I Never Thought I’d Say It, But I Miss Sports So Much

Our family is a coaching family. I will never again question that. If and when sports go back to normal, I am not saying I won’t complain when coach isn’t home to help force my 4-year-old into the bathtub, but I will know what it’s like on the other side, the side without sports.

Family, Friendship, Journal

Dear New School, It’s Me—The New Coach’s Wife

You don’t know me yet but you will! I’ll be the crazy blonde lady in the stands. The one who some days may look put together and other days … not so much.

Family, Journal, Marriage

The Coach’s Wife Inside Me is Coming Out—and I Had No Idea She Was There

The rye grass on the baseball field has just started to turn green, and every day I ride by the field and think to myself, “Man, what a field! That Coach is killing it this year.” This is coming from a woman who has zero flowers planted in her yard. Don’t get me wrong, Coach has our yard ...

Family, Journal, Marriage

To the coach’s wife in the trenches: this stuff is hard for him, too

Then there are nights when he rushes in the house as if he is on fire and asks if the kids are awake. When I say no his face drops and the disappointed is written all over him.

Friendship, Journal

Parents, Thank You for the Unexpected Way You’ve Loved Our Family This Season

Thank you to the dad who poured his entire can of Pepsi on my son’s leg because he got into some poison ivy in hopes the acid would maybe stop a reaction. Thank you to the parents who see me struggling to carry two children and half my house to my seat and offer to help. The ones who ...

Chelsey Edens

Dear Former Players, Send the Invite

I Never Thought I’d Say It, But I Miss Sports So Much

Dear New School, It’s Me—The New Coach’s Wife

The Coach’s Wife Inside Me is Coming Out—and I Had No Idea She Was There

To the coach’s wife in the trenches: this stuff is hard for him, too

Parents, Thank You for the Unexpected Way You’ve Loved Our Family This Season

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