Ok, so maybe the title is a little misleading. However, very few people in my older life may be aware of the fact that I am a lover of sports. I absolutely love sports, of most any kind really, but my true love and passion....High School Sports.
I played basketball and volleyball in high school. My kids claim it wasn't "real" sport because I attended a small school in Montana and had only 45 people in my class. I beg to differ (and I guarantee all my high school friends, close relatives and Whitehall Montana townies will agree with me). I am sure coming from a large school in the city, small town sports seem silly, but my kids can laugh at me and tease me all they like, my high school sports were the best!
I am not too awfully picky about the sports I like. I grew up on football, basketball, volleyball and track. I have learned to love baseball, and I'm working on hockey (thanks to my husband's teachings). I live for the Olympics, and I could park myself in front of the T.V. for the summer and winter Olympics day and night.
It's all about the strategy, competitiveness and the...ok I'm that mom...the WIN. I am super, SUPER competitive. Yes I grew up in a house of competitiveness. All of us (mom, dad, brother and sister) quiet, controlled and lethal competitors. I'm not a poor sport, but winning is the best. I am so against the whole "we are just playing for fun, let the kids have fun, there are no winners or losers, we are all in this for the joy of the game"...UM...NO...I'm in it to win. Remember my post on being controlled and showing no emotion? Ya, well...sports don't count. I'm never rude, I don't yell at the ref (refs really can't win or lose a game in my opinion) and I don't shout negatives at the other team, but I just can't keep quiet when sports are involved.
Why high school sports you may wonder? Do you know how much passion a high school athlete has? High school is their time. Have you ever went to a high school game and just felt the buzzing of energy? Those kids literally evoke the power of passion. I love watching the intensity of a good coach, the magic of a strong, connected team and the power of true strategy. I can almost not put into words the emotion I feel behind sports.
I sat through a girls high school basketball game tonight. The game went into double overtime with a win by only 2 points. IT. WAS. SO. FUN! I could barely wait for my kids to become old enough to do high school sports, or competition events, and guess what WE MADE IT!! I am loving it.
If you want to get a buzz and feel the power of competition I encourage you to go to a State High School sporting event. I challenge anyone to leave one of those games without a boost of adrenaline.
Sports...just one of life's simple pleasures.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
2014 and Resolutions
Happy 2014! This year is starting off cold here, with snow, and movies, and family time..just like I like it. I had a fantastic Christmas, a wonderful New Years with family and friends, and am now getting back into the swing of our regular life patterns. I will admit, I like regular life patterns as a mother.
I was thinking about resolutions since it is the "New" year, and every year I find myself taking on a personal battle of change. How should I change this year? I think for the last 20 years of my life I have had the same typish ideas..I need to lose weight, I need to exercise more, I need to be a better mother, I need to work harder...ect..ect. so this year I decided to take a little different twist on resolutions. I decided I was going to resolve to more content with limited change. I resolved that I am going to not worry so much about what I need to change, but rather be content in what I have, am and do. I resolved to look at who I am and instead of thinking about what I needed to change, I was going to think about what was exactly right with me. So here is my 2014 resolve list.
1.) I am a great mother. My children are involved in many, many, MANY activities and I support them in each and everyone of them. I love my children, I keep them fed, dressed, and housed. I challenge their minds, teach them lessons, and help them recognize their wonderful talents and gifts. I get little sleep, give up my desserts and have inner battles with myself on a daily basis, because I am a great mother for my children.
2.) My body is beautiful. My body is a temple. It have big curves and wrinkles and gray hairs to prove it's living. I can exercise, sing, dance, hug, and talk. My body rarely fails me. I can't remember the last time I wanted to do something and my body wouldn't function appropriately for me to do it. My body may not be the body everyone wants, or anyone wants for that matter, but it is beautiful and it is mine.
3.) I am intelligent. I love to learn, and although I wouldn't call myself an expert at any one thing, I believe I am knowledgeable about so many wonderful and amazing subjects. I would go to school on a permanent basis if I could afford it.
4.) I am emotional and that is a blessing. I feel emotions deeply. I know I feel them much more deeply than most, my heart can physically ache with pain, or shutter with excitement, or flutter with joy because of my emotions. I feel emotions from the top of my head to the soles of my feet and this is good. To actually know an emotion so deep within my soul is a gift.
5.) I am an amazing employee. I work hard in my job. I care about my patients as if they were family, I do the very best I can and will try harder if asked. I am organized, dependable and trustworthy.
6.) I am a good friend. I will stand behind a friend no matter what. I will sacrifice myself for a friend. I will listen, laugh, cry and sit quietly. I know what it means to be a friend and I will always strive to be the best.
7.) I am sometimes broken and I am working on knowing that is ok. Perfect does not exist, perfect has a different definition to everyone. Knowing perfection and failure do not go hand in hand is good to know.
I am sure every one of you can make a list of your perfect gifts. I challenge you this year to resolve to throw out the judgement and to accept the life and person you are. It may be a daily battle, and your inner voice will challenge you often, and that's okay, because we are strong and we have each other. Happy 2014 my friends!
I was thinking about resolutions since it is the "New" year, and every year I find myself taking on a personal battle of change. How should I change this year? I think for the last 20 years of my life I have had the same typish ideas..I need to lose weight, I need to exercise more, I need to be a better mother, I need to work harder...ect..ect. so this year I decided to take a little different twist on resolutions. I decided I was going to resolve to more content with limited change. I resolved that I am going to not worry so much about what I need to change, but rather be content in what I have, am and do. I resolved to look at who I am and instead of thinking about what I needed to change, I was going to think about what was exactly right with me. So here is my 2014 resolve list.
1.) I am a great mother. My children are involved in many, many, MANY activities and I support them in each and everyone of them. I love my children, I keep them fed, dressed, and housed. I challenge their minds, teach them lessons, and help them recognize their wonderful talents and gifts. I get little sleep, give up my desserts and have inner battles with myself on a daily basis, because I am a great mother for my children.
2.) My body is beautiful. My body is a temple. It have big curves and wrinkles and gray hairs to prove it's living. I can exercise, sing, dance, hug, and talk. My body rarely fails me. I can't remember the last time I wanted to do something and my body wouldn't function appropriately for me to do it. My body may not be the body everyone wants, or anyone wants for that matter, but it is beautiful and it is mine.
3.) I am intelligent. I love to learn, and although I wouldn't call myself an expert at any one thing, I believe I am knowledgeable about so many wonderful and amazing subjects. I would go to school on a permanent basis if I could afford it.
4.) I am emotional and that is a blessing. I feel emotions deeply. I know I feel them much more deeply than most, my heart can physically ache with pain, or shutter with excitement, or flutter with joy because of my emotions. I feel emotions from the top of my head to the soles of my feet and this is good. To actually know an emotion so deep within my soul is a gift.
5.) I am an amazing employee. I work hard in my job. I care about my patients as if they were family, I do the very best I can and will try harder if asked. I am organized, dependable and trustworthy.
6.) I am a good friend. I will stand behind a friend no matter what. I will sacrifice myself for a friend. I will listen, laugh, cry and sit quietly. I know what it means to be a friend and I will always strive to be the best.
7.) I am sometimes broken and I am working on knowing that is ok. Perfect does not exist, perfect has a different definition to everyone. Knowing perfection and failure do not go hand in hand is good to know.
I am sure every one of you can make a list of your perfect gifts. I challenge you this year to resolve to throw out the judgement and to accept the life and person you are. It may be a daily battle, and your inner voice will challenge you often, and that's okay, because we are strong and we have each other. Happy 2014 my friends!
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