What you do for your kids!

Well I have added another hat to wear in my life, and it is a soccer coach hat. My daughter loves to play soccer and she is very good at it. When I signed her up this year I of course said I would volunteer to help out in any way. My thoughts were more along the line of a team mom or assistant with snacks and emails and such, but our team was in need of a coach this year. No one would step up to volunteer and so the league saw that I said I would help in any way so they asked me to coach. At first I thought,"NO WAY!" I never played soccer, I was a softball player. I never coached before either so how could I be a coach. My daughter begged me to do it and with that look on her face, I could not say no, so here I am now with 4 wins and 2 losses under out belts, and we are having so much fun. I love it! I did not know how gratifying this would be for me. I have a great group of girls and I got very lucky that they all have some pretty good skills. I did so much research before we started so that I would be prepared to teach them the fundamentals. Since we started in September, my girls have improved so much. My smallest player was so intimidated when we started and now she is one of the toughest players I have. I feel energized every time I go out there with them and it helps me feel younger. That's a good thing. My daughter is so happy when we are out there and the smile on her face makes me feel like I'm doing something good for her. Being her coach has made me realize what we do for our children helps to make them become good people as they grow. I 'm loving this hat that I chose to add to my life! Life is good!