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Category Archives: sports
Make an Impact
I believe we’ve talked about this before. I’d like to address it again, because I can’t remember what people thought of it. I received an email this morning from another baseball mom. Her son suffered traumatic brain injury due to a concussion during hockey, 7 weeks ago. … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, activities, concussions, safety, sports
Tagged activities, children, life, opinions, thoughts
10 Comments
Do College Coaches Have Too Much Power?
After the Penn State ordeal, do you feel coaches have too much power over what goes on in colleges? Who do you feel should be in charge? Do you think colleges should be more about learning and less about sports? … Continue reading
Posted in behavior, choices, emotions, feelings, good question, opinions, people, questions, sports, sportsmanship, teachers, things
Tagged behavior, choices, coaches, college sports, colleges, differences, emotions, feelings, good question, opinions, people, questions, sports, sportsmanship, teachers, things
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What do you think?
What do you think of this? Would you do it?
What’s your take on this?
So, what do you think? Should we test all our young athletes for this?
Boys vs Girls
I have a tremendous amount of respect for Joel Northrup. He’s a home-schooled Iowa wrestler who qualified for State with the Linn-Mar Wrestling Team. When he got to his first round, he discovered he was paired with Cassey Herkelman of … Continue reading
Posted in abilities, behavior, boys, choices, competition, girls, learning, life lessons, opinions, parenting, sports
Tagged boys, fighting, girls, life lessons, parenting, sports, values
7 Comments
Must Do THIS Before I Die…
Doesn’t look like the most wicked fun you’ve ever seen??? EVER??? If you click on the picture, it will take you to the Tromso Reindeer Racing Championships, in Norway. At the bottom of the page are four videos of the … Continue reading
Posted in bucket list, fun, happy, interesting, lifestyles, snow, sports
Tagged Animals, fun, just plain cool, racing, sport
13 Comments
Sportsmanlike?
We’re, most of us, football fans here. So I have a question for ya. Consider this video that has gone viral: Here’s the play, in a nutshell, because there isn’t a play-by-play: The play started on the play before. The … Continue reading
Posted in fairness, football, games, sports, Uncategorized
Tagged fairness, football, sports, sportsmanship, trick plays
13 Comments
A Season To Remember
As many of you already know, my son plays baseball. This fall he played for the MYAS (Minnesota Youth Athletic Services,) him and his team represented our town. Jason, my husband, coached. He had four 11 year olds, and the rest were 9 and … Continue reading
Posted in abilities, athletes, baseball, best friends, boys, competition, competitive, friendships, minnesota, sports, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, children, emotions, friends, fun, kids, memories, relationships
14 Comments
Free Chat Thursday
Hello, everyone! I feel like I haven’t written a post on a long time. But it’s only been a week. Some exciting news in this house!! Bailey and his team made it to the Gopher State Tournament of Champions!!!! We … Continue reading
Posted in aging, baseball, birthday, birthdays, competition, competitive, family, fears, feelings, fireworks, fishing, growing up, kids, life, party, sad, sadness, son, sports
Tagged activities, adults, children, family, growing up, happiness, life, people
20 Comments
Free Chat Thursday
The picture I chose today was just because I really liked it when I saw it! How free you must feel up there, like you’re flying. I’ve never brought myself to get on one of those swing rides, but I … Continue reading
Posted in baseball, brett farve, cabins, choices, fun, future, games, growing up, kids, laughter, life, proud, reports, roller coasters, school, sisters, sports, summer, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, adults, children, choices, differences, family, feelings, fun, games, growing up, happiness, laughter, life, memories
16 Comments
Fair is fair…or is it?
Well. Where do I start? We’ve had a very interesting last 5 days. As you all now Bailey is on the traveling baseball team for our town. This was something he had to try out for. Something we had to pay for. … Continue reading
Posted in abilities, advice, athletes, baseball, boys, competition, competitive, disappointment, discipline, encourage, fairness, feelings, friendships, humiliation, hurt feelings, kids, life lessons, losing, sports, tournaments, Uncategorized, winning
Tagged activities, adults, behavior, children, choices, differences, emotions, friends, fun, games, kids, problems
17 Comments
All Because of a Piece of String
Recently, a track meet occurred to determine the winner of the Rio Hondo League Championship. The teams in the meet were South Pasadena High School, coached by P.J. Hernandez, and Monrovia High School, coached by Mike Knowles. The score was … Continue reading
Posted in fairness, sports, teenagers
Tagged fairness, high school, rules, sports, teens
15 Comments
Free Chat Thursday
I have to be honest….I don’t have a whole lot to talk about this week! Nothing crazy or exciting has happened. Unless you count the Twins winning the season home opener. Now that was exciting but I know not everyone, … Continue reading
Posted in activities, American idol, baseball, children, comfort, educating, education, sports, tests, tv shows
Tagged activities, children, choices, favorites, fun, happiness, kids, questions, thoughts
42 Comments
Free Chat Thursday
Spring is finally here! For now anyway. It’s my sons spring break from school. It’s warm and sunshiny out. I love being able to open all the windows and let new, fresh air in. And the birds here where we … Continue reading
Posted in activities, adults, athletes, baseball, children, daycare, favorite, grandchildren, grandma, happy, son, sports, spring, tired, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, adulthood, children, family, favorites, kids, life, thoughts
39 Comments
Random Thought Thursday
I’m wondering what kind of random things we will talk about this Thursday! The last two Thursdays have been fun, just chatting about anything and sometimes nothing at all. It kind of felt like I was sitting in my living … Continue reading
Posted in activities, baseball, birthday, exercise, happy, kids, life, parties, road trips, sports, spring, summer, trips, Uncategorized, vacations
Tagged activities, children, family, friends, happiness, life, memories, relationships
42 Comments
Question of the Day
Colts or Saints?
Team vs Player
During a recent NFL Playoff weekend, when the Vikings were doing battle with the Cowboys, Joy mentioned that the Cowboys had, yet again, been referred to as “America’s Team”, and wondered why. So, I did a little checking. According to … Continue reading
Being honest or being mean. Is there a difference?
I’ve been thinking of this post for most of the week and trying to think of wording it the right way. I guess to me, it comes down to either being nice to someone or telling a little white lie … Continue reading
Posted in adults, behavior, choices, courtesy, differences, disappointment, disrespect, emotions, feelings, friends, friendships, getting along, habits, honesty, hurt, hurt feelings, kindness, life lessons, manners, opinionated, opinions, people, personality, relationships, rudeness, sadness, selfish, sports, stupid people, things, thinking, thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged adults, behavior, choices, courtesy, differences, disappointment, disrespect, emotions, feelings, friends, friendships, getting along, habits, happiness, honesty, hurt, hurt feelings, kindness, life lessons, manners, opinionated, opinions, people, personality, relationships, rudeness, sadness, selfish, sports, stupid people, things, thinking, thoughts
22 Comments
Why Do We Live Through Sports Teams?
“The day after the Minnesota Vikings dramatic, last-second victory over the San Francisco 49ers, fans are still celebrating, talking about “our win.” But we didn’t really help the team. Why do we feel like we win when our teams win?” … Continue reading
Bullfighting…help me understand this
Anyone who knows me knows that my heart is really big when it comes to animals. I have a huge spot in my heart for them. It doesn’t really matter what kind of animal, I love all of them. Snakes … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, behavior, bullfighting, choices, cultures, dangerous, dangers, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, games, getting hurt, opinions, people, sadness, sports, things, violence
Tagged Animals, behavior, bullfighting, choices, cultures, dangerous, dangers, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, games, getting hurt, opinions, people, sadness, sport, things, violence
31 Comments
Fish Tales….
This is a new record Northern Pike in Canada. He caught it on Rainy Lake. Check this thing out. The man (in the photos below), was fishing and caught a 36″ Pike. As he was reeling it in, a 56″-55 … Continue reading
Posted in activities, Animals, fish, fishing, people, sports, things, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, fish, fishing, fun, people, things
9 Comments
What kind of a kid were you?
I have been a member of Classmates.com for a long time now. Maybe 5 years or so. I just pay the minimum each year. I find it fun going there every now and then to see if I can find … Continue reading
Posted in activities, adulthood, behavior, childhood, children, choices, differences, emotions, facebook, feelings, friends, friendships, growing up, guilt, hurt feelings, impressions, kids, kindness, live and learn, memories, people, popular, popularity, regret, school, sports, teenagers, things
Tagged activities, adulthood, behavior, childhood, children, choices, differences, emotions, facebook, feelings, friends, friendships, growing up, guilt, hurt feelings, impressions, kids, kindness, live and learn, memories, people, popular, popularity, regret, school, sports, things
19 Comments
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