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I Wasn’t Prepared for this Life as a Coach’s Wife

I was not prepared for the pride and joy in this investment. Over and over I find that my heart is not prepared, but in many ways I can’t fully explain, instead it is renewed and repaired.

Family, Friendship, Journal

No Matter How Many Times You Move, Starting Over is Always Hard

I am trying to acknowledge the daily victories, like my child made his first friend or I found a dentist that doesn’t have a 6 month wait. With each small victory, it gets a little easier.

Family, Journal, Marriage

I See You, Coach

I see you when you can’t tear your eyes away from your phone due to the twenty different conversations you’re having with players, parents, school officials. I see the hurt in your eyes when the first word our one-year-old son says to you is bye-bye because he’s so used to you leaving. I ...

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Finding Purpose in a Losing Season

Football isn’t everything and there’s life beyond the score But the lessons we learn in these years help prepare us for more So to you young man, who has shown up every day The boy who hasn’t quit, whose loyalty hasn’t strayed You, my son, are building skills for your life Things that ...

Family, Journal, Marriage

Dear Husband, I’m With You Through the Hard Seasons

And I promise you, I'm in this thing, 100% – through all the wins, and all the losses. I'll take the grumpiness and the racing mind. I'll take the distractedness and the tired eyes. I'll take the long conversations about the same frustrations over and over again.

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Dear Husband, Before You Go

But please know, on those hard days, when it seems like I'm SO over it, I don't begrudge this life we chose one bit. I am not bitter. I don't wish you were anything else but what and who you are. Not for one second.

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I Wasn’t Prepared for this Life as a Coach’s Wife

No Matter How Many Times You Move, Starting Over is Always Hard

I See You, Coach

Finding Purpose in a Losing Season

Dear Husband, I’m With You Through the Hard Seasons

Dear Husband, Before You Go

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