Why Football? 7 Ways Kids Benefit
It truly is a special thing to see when teammates and coaches come alongside their hurting brother and lift them up.
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lessons
To Daddy’s Players, From the Coach’s Daughter
Always remember that I learn from the examples that I see. You are my first heroes and who I want to be when I grow up. Please set out large shoes for me to fill. I am counting on you.
You Don’t Have to Go to Every Game, and Other Things I’ve Learned
Don’t let anyone give you grief for doing what’s best for you.
Faith, Family, Journal, Marriage
5 Lessons Learned While Sitting on the Sidelines
Humans are icebergs and we never know what someone is going through, and today they took it out on our partner. It’s hard to not strike back, especially when it’s it front of our kids and they don’t quite understand adult misgivings. The best we can do is protect ourselves, realizing that we do ...
5 Lessons Learned in Our First College Season
You know what? Nobody's life is perfect. If you realize that now, you will save yourself much anxiety, pain, and stress. During season, schedules are crazy, nights get late, and your home will most likely become a mess. As a recovering perfectionist, this is something that freaked me out . . . ...
What Football Has Taught Me About Family
Yes, football and being a football family requires physical demands and emotional commitments from everyone involved. There are so many lonely dinners and difficult bath times. There are so many rushed labor-day cookouts and daddy-less trick-or-treats. There are so many tears from kids who miss ...
5 Things I Wish I’d Known My First Year As a Coach’s Wife
You are making sacrifices, your Coach is making sacrifices, your kids are making sacrifices, your extended families are making sacrifices. BUT only two people made the conscious decision to live this life: you and your Coach.
Things I’ve Learned From Being A Military Wife
We would know what it was like to watch the hearts of our kids break; missing their Dad so much they came unglued.
But we would pick up the pieces. Because there wouldn’t be any other alternative but to keep on keepin’ on.