1) OK - this is above and beyond Gratitude and borders on braggin' but I'm ok with that. I am so grateful that my daughter's Science Olympiad Team is going to the State Level of competition. Our team hasn't gone for years and I'm so glad that the kids who work so hard at such low recognition events will get the recognition they deserve! They all have gone in early to school for weeks (in some cases 2 hours early when having to catch the early bus) and done so much of the work on their own. OK - here's the braggin part - shield your eyes if obnoxious motherhood bothers you. My daughter got 3rd place in Pentathlon, 2nd place in Science Crime Buster and FIRST (can we have a whoo-hooo?!) in Write-it-Do-it!!.
2) If the stage mom gets on your nerves, you're not out of the woods yet. My son, a sophomore tenor player in our HS drum line competed yesterday @ the State level and their drum line WON - yes - as in FIRST - as in they rocked the place! I wasn't able to be there and I really regret that, but the excitement in his voice when he called with results told all I need to hear. Drums are his passion. He has been struggling lately so much with finding his place and has been adrift in a sea of hormones. I am so very grateful that he was given the experience of hard work and the thrill of success. I so very much want him to find that part of him that is his true self and the thrill of your passion fulfilled. He needed the boost and it couldn't have come at a better time. I am so proud of him!!! And happy for him as well.
3) I am so grateful that I can see my children's success. I am blessed to be a part of it. What a gift to hear their excitement and see them revel in the success of hard work. In a world of instant gratification, it is hard to see the ones you love not getting immediate success but know that true self esteem comes from not only winning but working hard and not always seeing the fruits of such. And not being able to make someone else understand how sweet the fruit is if one is patient is hard but oh how beautiful the payout.
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