You Might Be a Coach’s Wife (PART TWO!)
Your coach is out until at least 2:00 am every Friday night, and you don’t question it.
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Support for the Woman Grieving a Miscarriage This Season
This is one of those times when what’s going on at home can be prioritized over what’s going on at the field, even if it’s just for a few hours.
When Coach Takes a Nap
When the alarm system dings for the open door, I feel a breath of relief exhale. A helper and a second teammate has finally entered the game.
Then, he sits in his arm chair and before I can ask how his morning went or what they ate for lunch, snores resound from his side of the room.
Dear Kids, This is the Big Picture
Truthfully, dad can’t do all this work on his strength alone. But we are lending him to God to use in the lives of the players, coaches, and our hometown this season. And we are trusting God to move mountains.
The Pigskin Mistress
Then in another ten years from now, one or two of them will send us a wedding invite or a social media request, and we will know that the old adage is true—children really do spell love with the letters.....T I M E.
In Defense of “The Parents”: a Reminder for the Coaching Family
Remember that we coach in their sacred spaces. We are coaching the people they have loved, raised, cried, and prayed over long before we got them. For some, we are coaching their validation of self. I’m not making excuses for poor behavior, I’m offering a space for us to gather some empathy for ...
