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I Remember Thinking This Can't Be What It's Like!

I Remember Thinking This Can't Be What It's Like!

As a new coach's wife, I was told: "Well, we just do life without him. You get used to it." I remember thinking this can't be what it is like;...

I Remember Thinking This Can't Be What It's Like!

As a new coach's wife, I was told: "Well, we just do life without him. You get used to it." I remember thinking this can't be what it is like;...

Here am I, Send Me

Here am I, Send Me

When I want to irritate my coach, I ask him to emote verbally with questions like..."Why did you marry me?" Occasionally, when he has grown bored with a crass retort,...

Here am I, Send Me

When I want to irritate my coach, I ask him to emote verbally with questions like..."Why did you marry me?" Occasionally, when he has grown bored with a crass retort,...

How Much do you Need Your Football Family?

How Much do you Need Your Football Family?

I’ve started and stopped writing this a million times over.  The truth is, as I am writing, I realize the pain is still very fresh. The memories are also deep...

How Much do you Need Your Football Family?

I’ve started and stopped writing this a million times over.  The truth is, as I am writing, I realize the pain is still very fresh. The memories are also deep...

Grief Doesn't Take A Timeout During The Season

Grief Doesn't Take A Timeout During The Season

On June 10, 2019, we arrived at the clinic for a routine ultrasound. We went every two weeks to check the growth of our identical twin boys. My husband had...

Grief Doesn't Take A Timeout During The Season

On June 10, 2019, we arrived at the clinic for a routine ultrasound. We went every two weeks to check the growth of our identical twin boys. My husband had...

Hey Mama—As a Coach's Kid, I Know Yours are Making Memories that Will Last Forever

Hey Mama—As a Coach's Kid, I Know Yours are Mak...

My Dad sacrificed time with his own children to help raise others, but what I hope he knows is that I and my sister were watching and learning how important...

Hey Mama—As a Coach's Kid, I Know Yours are Mak...

My Dad sacrificed time with his own children to help raise others, but what I hope he knows is that I and my sister were watching and learning how important...

I Had a High Risk Baby During a 16-Game Season; This is What I Know About Tension

I Had a High Risk Baby During a 16-Game Season;...

Some days were ugly. I have genuine faith in a big God, but faith doesn’t negate ugly. We had incredible support, but no amount of love negates ugly, either. Again,...

I Had a High Risk Baby During a 16-Game Season;...

Some days were ugly. I have genuine faith in a big God, but faith doesn’t negate ugly. We had incredible support, but no amount of love negates ugly, either. Again,...

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