Goodnight Football Season
Goodnight players
Goodnight coaches
And goodnight football, until next season.
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Friendship
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.
Faith, Family, Friendship, Journal
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Family, Friendship, Journal, Marriage
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 ...
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 ...
Faith, Family, Friendship, Journal
Friday Night Wife of the Week: Kelsey Jones of Junction City, Arkansas
One thing I've learned over the years is that, especially when kids come along, you need help – even if it's just someone to talk to about some of the "yuck" that comes with the season.
I Resisted the Coach’s Wife Community for Years … This is Why I’m All In Now
For those of you who didn’t take this approach, you understand just how important other coaches' wives are, not only to your survival, but also to your flourishing.
For those of you who maybe are doing what I did, I hope you realize you’re making the sacrifices whether you admit it or not. ...
Find the Friend Who Doesn’t Always Agree With You
Choose the tribe member you know will help you see the bigger picture, not the one ready to pile on more muck. While a mud bath can be a good thing for your pores in the short term, it does very little other than make you stink if it stays on too long.
