Our family is in the midst of little league soccer season. My youngest son is playing and his enthusiasm is contagious. He is pretty good at the sport, but what makes it so great is that he loves it! He counts the days until the next game or practice. He loves his coach and teammates. He has moved up an age level this year and the players are working more like team, passing to each other and watching out for each other during play. During the last game, my son scored two goals, they were the only goals of the game. In today's game the team scored eight goals. My son came up afterwards to me and said, "I didn't score today, but I blocked". What a powerful truth those words can hold. In life, sometimes we score, sometimes we block. Sometimes we do great things, we excel, we achieve, we meet our goal - we score! There are also times we see the needs of others, sometimes they are sad or hurting, we block their hits. We look out for them so they can score. We...
That's a cute photo, just make sure he doesn't shoot his eye out!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute. I loved my visit. I am going to be sending others your way.
ReplyDeleteChrissy (joyfullwifemom)
Hi--I used one of you recipes on Monday--the 7 layer one--we loved it. I am challenging people to go to my blog and check out the post on Sept 25 "Thankfulness again--smiling in the heart"--read it, comment, and then list things on your blog that you are thankful for or that put a smile in your heart;-)---Blessings!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cute photo. I miss the country when I see pics like that... but city (haha) life I guess has its perks too.
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed the swim today. I will have to make it another day. I do love hanging out with the girls!