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https://jolanamalkston.com/confessions-of-a-former-soccer-mom/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 https://jolanamalkston.com/confessions-of-a-former-soccer-mom/#comment-110 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:23:45 +0000 http://jolanamalkston.com/?p=164#comment-110 If the grandkids play soccer in the fall, dress in warm clothes when you go to their games and take along a thermos of coffee or cocoa. I wish I did that when I went to my granddaughter’s game. 🙂

]]> https://jolanamalkston.com/confessions-of-a-former-soccer-mom/#comment-109 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:31:14 +0000 http://jolanamalkston.com/?p=164#comment-109 What a great lesson. My kids weren’t into sports. I tried to be encouraging but they didn’t want to do the physical activities. I guess I might get a shot with the grandkids someday. 🙂

]]> https://jolanamalkston.com/confessions-of-a-former-soccer-mom/#comment-108 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:18:34 +0000 http://jolanamalkston.com/?p=164#comment-108 What a smart coach! No lecture, no warnings, just “let’s see how you like it” and the sideline coaches learned their lessons. My girls played tennis and swam, and one daughter played softball. And yes, I cheered, but probably not so vocally. Must be my years of watching band, choir, and orchestra concerts where you watch quietly, and critique afterward!

]]> https://jolanamalkston.com/confessions-of-a-former-soccer-mom/#comment-107 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:55:45 +0000 http://jolanamalkston.com/?p=164#comment-107 I was a Little League and Swim Team Mom. One of the most heart-warming moments was my son’s 1st h.s. swim meet, his 1st 500 free. When he finished several lengths behind the rest of the competitors, everyone (including parents fr the opposite team) cheered. What support!

]]> https://jolanamalkston.com/confessions-of-a-former-soccer-mom/#comment-106 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:29:42 +0000 http://jolanamalkston.com/?p=164#comment-106 Oh, yes, been there done that. Many, many times. Now, like you, I’m on the sidelines listening to the parents, and counseling/coaching now and then from the sidelines, but the parents not the kids. And out loud, too. But only those rare moments when Oldest Daughter isn’t around to look at me aghast and exclaim, “Mother!!” Laughed out loud at the description of Macho Man’s “Game”.

]]> https://jolanamalkston.com/confessions-of-a-former-soccer-mom/#comment-105 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:19:57 +0000 http://jolanamalkston.com/?p=164#comment-105 My 9 year-old is more into Scouts than sports, but the 2 year-old… he’s going to be a football player for sure. Or hockey. Or maybe cage fighting. Probably something violent. I’ll keep your lesson in mind and hopefully not have to take a football to the face sometime in the distant future! Great post. 🙂

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