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Wordless(ish) Wednesday: Football Season’s Over

November 9, 2011 By Robin Strong Elton Leave a Comment

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There are several differences between a football game and a revolution.

For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer
and the participants wear uniforms.

-Alfred Hitchcock

After months of my complaining that having 3 kids in sports is the equivalent of a full-time job, the season has ended.

It took exactly three days for me to start missing it.

I’m not sure when I became this person, but I love seeing those kids running the fields, working together, improving personally and as a team, giving encouragement, playfully trashtalking. Flushed faces and greedy gulps of water.

My boy, running hard. Lucky number 13.

Happily, basketball season is only 30 days away.

Until then, our next door neighbor has generously given us free use of his basketball net…

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Filed Under: Family, Parenting, Fitness, Health, Happiness Tagged With: kids football, team sports Leave a Comment

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