S.P.O.R.T.S

When I was in school, way back in the day, I was an average student. My favorite subject would have been Reading or English and what did I hate the most, other than Math? P.E.!! I stunk at physical education. I hated every game we had to play and I was that little girl that nobody wanted on their team. In fact, when I was the 'captain' and had to choose my teammates, everyone would groan when I called their name. And when I was not the captain? You guessed it, I was the last one chosen. Quite reluctantly, at that!

Sports has always, and still is, nowhere to be seen in my interests. I do not even like to watch it. Except for Gymnastics. I always dreamed about being a gymnast and I wanted to go the Olympics and do the floor exercise and win a gold medal. I could do a cartwheel, and that is about as far as that ever went, since 'way back in the day' there were no gymnastics classes within an hour of where I lived, that dream died fast.

Fast forward about 30 years later and my 10 year old is now on the 5th grade volleyball team at her school. I am so proud of her. Proud that not only is she showing an interest in something that I despised my whole life, but that she loves it and she is good at it! Obviously she did not get her sportsman-like genes from my eggs!

You can rest assured that when I go to her first game, she won't be dodging the ball and praying that it comes nowhere near her like a little girl I once knew!