Unscheduled Stop

Category: Sports

  • Unscheduled Stop: While Being a Great Sports Parent

    Unscheduled Stop: While Being a Great Sports Parent

    My husband and I have considered it an important enough parenting goal and have stuck to the script many times over the years.  But other times, I swear it was like I was lifted by helicopter out of my body and over the 6-minute soliloquy I was delivering about boxing out before I realized how…

  • While Experiencing A Growth Spurt

    While Experiencing A Growth Spurt

    As I explain to my daughters, if you lined up 100 women to display our average height, I would be the 100th in line.  If stress is wishing something were different than it is, then whoever figured that out was probably in middle school at the time. 

  • While Practicing Yoga

    While Practicing Yoga

    Even though they will tell you it is okay to fall out of the pose, it doesn’t feel okay to fall out of the pose and then onto the ground in a giant, embarrassing thud. 

  • Unscheduled Stop: While Playing Tennis

    Unscheduled Stop: While Playing Tennis

    No one, including me, thought it was torn.  I never should have been able to do the walking and the climbing.  But also no one could explain the pop.  Even in that moment, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t enjoying winning this injury.  If there was a competition of who got hurt the…