Yesterday was a very long day. My son had a soccer game that he and my husband went to, my daughter and I were going to watch a bit before we had to leave for her game. My daughter's coach called and said that he was sick - could I fill in for him? Being the assistant coach and really wanting to coach, I said yes. We had to skip my son's game, we picked up the soccer balls from the coach's house, ran up to the field, which turned out to be the wrong field and got over to the right field just a few minutes before game time.
I am going to skip over the game for now and get on with the rest of the day. My husband showed up for my daughter's game, after the game, he took the kids home so he could go to practice and I left after the game to get to my practice. After my practice, I had a party to go to, showed up all gross and sweaty, hung out for an hour and left to get the family some Chinese food. I got home, we watched "The boy in the Striped Pyjamas" and held my daughter on the couch as she cried her eyes out over the movie. She was horrified by it and understood way too much of what happened. We have told her all about that time of war, so she knew, but that movie just made it very real. I could go on about that, but it makes me cry and I have a different story to tell.
Back to my daughter's game. Her team is new, they haven't had much time together and they have tied one game and lost 2. We have a girl that plays in net, but only for half the game. Another girl volunteered once and was then on deemed the back up goalie, even though she didn't want to be. The other day, my daughter decided, she was going to be in net for yesterday's game. I asked if she was sure, and she was adamant. She's never had a desire to be goalie, so I was a bit surprised. The big shock of the day - she was AMAZING!!! Man that kid can kick a ball! She made at least 15 saves, she did let in 3 goals, but as it was her first time ever in net, I let that slide. She dove for the ball, she challenged and she can kick to ball to the centre line every time! The first time she did a goal kick, everyone on our team, who was on the sideline, including the other assistant coach, their jaws dropped. The assistant coach exclaimed, she's got a kick on her. Yes, yes she does.
My daughter, who has had a full half hour of goalie training, is now the goalie extraordinaire! I really wouldn't have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes. It's not that I didn't think she could do it, I just didn't think she wanted to. These kids, they surprise me like that all the time. I am very biased, we all know that I think my kids are amazing, but even I was blown away at how amazing they can be. Why does it surprise me that I am surprised? I should just expect that they will shock me like that from time to time, but I have no idea when they are going to do it. I made some pretty amazing kids!
I guess that this is my Mother's day post, and how fitting. I am so thankful that I have been blessed with such wonderful children. It is my honour to be their Mother, and they make me proud every where they go. They make me look like the best Mother in the world!
Happy Mother's Day!
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