WELL, September is here and with it brings Football. I love football, I love it at any level. So far this year, I have seen 3 high school games, 2 live college games, and the peewee games at halftime of a high school game.
I miss playing football with a large part of my heart. I miss the practices in the middle of August when it is so hot you can't touch the black on your chinstrap. I miss the games in November when it is so cold that you can't drink the water in the bottles because they are frozen. I miss weights at 5am and spring practices before school.
BUT most of all, I miss the guys I played with. We all built a brotherhood through the tough times that was so fantastic in the times of victory. We laughed, bled, cried and celebrated.
As I sit here, I hear MNF come back from the halftime show and I think about my friends and brothers still playing. To them I have this to say: Play every snap like it is your last. Play fast and play for fun. Play for those of us who are not playing anymore for whatever reason. Play for your family to make them proud. But most of all play for you. Don't play for a soul but yourself. Never say what if. Always say Remember.
FOOTBALL is my first love, it will always be a large part of my life as long as I am able to make it to games. But now, school is my main goal. I must force myself to perform up to my potential and stop slacking on and just getting by. Excel and don't let anyone hold you back or say you can't do it.
I wish my parents the best of luck in their house hunt. I hope that they are able to find the right home for them and the hounds and that it comes in the near (very near) future. I know it will happen and when it does, they will make it a HOME very quickly.
UNTIL the next installment, Do something you love. Don't listen to the haters, listen to your supporters.
:o) Great post.
ReplyDeleteLove always and forever from your homeless mother.