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Being a Coaching Family Means More

Here’s the thing though, if you embrace this life instead of fight it, it can be so much more than just a game or just a sport, because even with the ups and downs, being a coaching family means more.

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The Fabric of a Coach’s Wife

So, chuck those expectations

A coach’s wife she has no mold
Just love that man and love those kids
Love Jesus and grow old.

Live in your unique ...

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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 ...

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Goodnight Football Season

Goodnight players Goodnight coaches And goodnight football, until next season.

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What Coaches’ Wives are REALLY Thinking

6. "The game is away this week. I’ll probably just stay home and relax." I will in all actuality be riding around with my Sonic Dr. Pepper and my kids will be watching Frozen in the backseat until it’s time for baths and bed.

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Friday Night Wife of the Week: Rebecca Woody of Atlanta, Georgia

My advice to a fellow coach’s wife who is going through a difficult season is to realize there is nothing you can do to change the outcome of your husband’s football games but love and support him and leave it in God's hands.

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Things NOT to Say to a Coach’s Wife

I did a quick poll with confirmed coaches’ wives around the country and have compiled a list of the most commonly asked questions we really wish we didn’t have to answer. I’m also going to explain why NOT asking these things will show your favorite coach’s wife how much you care.

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When You’re the Family Left Behind

Transition is never easy. We’ve been the family that leaves, and we’ve been the family that is left behind. In my experience, staying behind is as hard of an adjustment as moving.

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When It’s Hard Being So Far From Family

I knew I'd be going from "where everybody knows my name" to "where hardly anyone even knows my face."

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When You Don’t Have the Picture Perfect Tribe

These are the things that define a true tribe. Just because we haven’t had the chance to take that perfect picture of us sitting together in the stands in awhile, doesn’t make us any less of a tribe.

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10 Midseason Reminders for the Wife Juggling It All

You aren't a single mom. You aren't doing it all alone. You aren't living the military or first responder life. When you kiss your husband goodbye before work, you aren't left wondering if you will ever kiss him again. Yes, this lifestyle is unique and sometimes lonely. Yet, even when it is ...

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I’m So Thankful for This Community of Coaches’ Wives

So, to the new wife who’s learning to cope, to the one trying to dye her socks pink, to the one bleaching her pink socks white, and to the new mom with a 6-day-old determining if she should go to the game … I’m right here with you. Reach out; make the connection; I’ll accept you just as you ...

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