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Baseball to Football to Basketball...

My famous line, the one that needs to be printed in my eulogy some day,  is - "um, they didn't tell me this at the baby shower". They didn't. They never do. All the things that make you wonder how you never knew this...but yet, parents before you SURELY did....why do they not pass that on? You know the cutesy game where you give the new mom advice? Ya, where was all this stuff then?

NO ONE told me I'd have a THREE SPORT ATHLETE (or that that was even a possibility) at age 8 and in the THIRD GRADE!! This is such a foreign concept to me -- but thankfully for you, Colton, your Momma loves sports, and loves seeing you happy -- so we do what we do.

We finished summer rec baseball in mid-July, started Football in early August, and basketball in late October. Please no one tell me there's another sport that falls between December & March....please...I'd like a breather.

So now it's basketball season -- and this is a sport Momma know. Momma loves. Momma loves to see you excel at! It's been a trying season -- you haven't been on a team that has won a game yet....but you're learning, growing, understanding the game and not quitting, and for that I am super proud of you kiddo. For having never played the game in a team setting before, you're doing an excellent job. Good things come to those who wait, right? Keep trying. Keep practicing. Good things will surely come your way!  Oh, and don't be fooled -- your little brother is your biggest fan!!





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