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...
Great photos of your wonderful boys. I know you are very proud of them.
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Charlote
All stages of life right there! Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteWhat a milestone week! Great pics. Thanks for sharing your blessings with us. Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteWhat handsome boys. Sounds like you had a busy week.
ReplyDeleteWhat an eventful season of life!
ReplyDeleteWe had prom around here last weekend as well. Our oldest boy is 17. It is bittersweet how fast they grow! Such handsome strong men of God, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteWe have 3 in the 8th grade and all just waiting for the chance to pounce on that driver's permit!LOL!
Patience, guys!
Have a good weekend!
Blessings!
What a wonderful week! You've been blessed with a lovely family.
ReplyDeleteLooking at your son in his prom wear sent me back in time! I recall how much fun preparing for and attending the prom was...one of the fondest memories of my high school years!