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! I have fond memories of my childhood pet - a dog named Bandito (because of the black "mask" on his face). :o)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the day when our Little One can have a dog, too.
May you have a Blessed 2010!
Absolutely adorable! It's so great to witness the simple joys of childhood:0
ReplyDeleteVery Cute! Love the way you did your photos.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Great pics! Such joy to watch your children enjoy something.
ReplyDeleteVery Sweet. I love the unfiltered joy that pets can bring! :)
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